Ranoidea robinsonae

species of amphibian

Ranoidea robinsonae is a frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it in Gulf Province but they think it lives in other places as well.[2][1][3]

Ranoidea robinsonae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Species:
R. robinsonae
Binomial name
Ranoidea robinsonae
(Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008)
Synonyms[1]
  • Litoria robinsonae (Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008)
  • Dryopsophus robinsonae (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea robinsonae (Dubois and Frétey, 2016)

This frog is mostly green in color on the back with pale stripes. Three adult male frogs were 28.3-28.7 mm long from nose to rear end. Some of these frogs have dark spots.[2]

Scientists say this frog is related to the dainty green tree frog.[1]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. "Ranoidea robinsonae (Günther and Richards, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Paul M. Oliver; Devi Stuart-Fox; Stephen J. Richards (2008). "A new species of treefrog (Hylidae, Litoria) from the southern lowlands of New Guinea (Abstract)". Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 35–42. doi:10.3105/1345-5834(2008)27[35:ANSOTH]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1345-5834. S2CID 83774205. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  3. "Litoria robinsonae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 3, 2020.