Common big-eyed tree frog

Common big-eyed tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. narinosus
Binomial name
Nyctimystes narinosus
(Zweifel, 1958)[2]
Synonyms
  • Nyctimystes narinosa
  • Litoria narinosa[3]

The common big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes narinosus) is a group[4] of species of tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it on Mount Hagen in the Wahgi Valley region more than 2400 meters (8000 feet) above sea level.[3][5][6][1][2]

The female frog is 6.4 cm long. It has side-to-side marks on its lower eyelid. The skin of the dead, preserved frog is darker brown on the back and lighter brown on the belly. It has much less webbing on its toes than other frogs in Nyctimystes.[2]

In the local Kaironk language, this frog is called mabas, but other frogs are called by this name too.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Richard Zweifel (2004). "Common Big-eyed Treefrog: Nytimystes narinosus". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55773A11352759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55773A11352759.en. Retrieved July 12, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard G. Zweifel (1958). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid Genus Nyctimystes" (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. p. 26. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nyctimystes narinosus". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ James Menzies (October 13, 2014). "Notes on Nyctimystes Species (Anura, Hylidae) of New Guinea: the Nyctimystes Narinosus Species Group with Descriptions of Two New Species (Abstract)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 138 (1): 135–143. doi:10.1080/03721426.2014.10887197. S2CID 85211633. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ Richard George Zweifel (1958). "Frogs of the Papuan hylid genus Nyctimystes. American Museum novitates; no. 1896". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/4567. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nyctimystes narinosus: Common Big-eyed Treefrog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ R.N.H. Bulmer; M.J. Tyler (1968). "Karam classification of frogs". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 77 (4): 333–385. JSTOR 20704577. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2020.