Pearson's green tree frog

species of amphibian
(Redirected from Ranoidea pearsoniana)

Pearson's green tree frog, Pearson's tree frog, the mountain stream tree frog, cascade tree frog or Cedar Creek tree frog (Ranoidea pearsoniana) is a frog from Australia.[3] It lives in Queensland and New South Wales, from 200 to 1000 metres above sea level.[2][4]

Cascade tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Species:
R. pearsoniana
Binomial name
Ranoidea pearsoniana
(Copland, 1961)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla pearsoni (Copland, 1960)
  • Hyla pearsoniana (Copland, 1961)
  • Litoria pearsoni (Tyler, 1971) Litoria pearsoniana
  • (Barker and Grigg, 1977) Dryopsophus pearsoniana
  • (Wells and Wellington, 1985) Dryopsophus pearsonianus
  • (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea pearsoniana (Dubois and Frétey, 2016)

This frog lives in forests where the trees are close together. It lives in fast-flowing streams in the forest. It hides under rocks during the day and looks for food at night. The females lay eggs in pools where the water does not flow fast, 360-730 at a time. The eggs stick to the undersides of rocks or to plants or to the bottom of the pool. The tadpoles become frogs after 2 to 2.5 months.[4]

References change

  1. Jean-Marc Hero; Ed Mayer; John Clarke (2004). "Litoria pearsoniana". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T12150A3327061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T12150A3327061.en. Retrieved September 24, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ranoidea pearsoniana (Copland, 1961)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. "Litoria pearsoniana: Pearson's Tree Frog". Frogs of Australia. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 J.M. Hero (April 5, 2002). "Litoria pearsoniana: Cascade Tree Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 24, 2020.