Wendessi tree frog
| Wendessi tree frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Amnihyla |
| Species: | A. longicrus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amnihyla longicrus (Boulenger, 1911) | |
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The Wendessi tree frog (Amnihyla longicrus) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.
It is found in New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
Description
[edit]It has finger disks as large as the eardrum; toes almost entirely webbed on outer half of toes; very weak sub-articular tubercles. From snout to cloaca is 33 mm.
Dorsal surface smooth or finely bordered; belly and base of lower surface of thighs granulated; smooth throat; no chest crease. Coloration is green above; sides, upper surface of thighs and hands and feet are colorless, with green dots or lattices; there is a white stripe below the eye to the corner of the mouth, with a white throat and belly.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Litoria longicrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T55731A152302129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55731A152302129.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Kampen, Pieter Nicolaas van (1923). The amphibia of the Indo-Australian archipelago, with 29 illustrations, by Dr. P. N. Van Kampen. Leiden: E. J. Brill, ltd.
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