Dayman big-eyed tree frog

Dayman 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. daymani
Binomial name
Nyctimystes daymani
(Zweifel, 1958)[2]
Synonyms
  • Nyctimystes daymani (Zweifel, 1958)
  • Litoria daymani (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • Nyctimystes daymani (Kraus, 2013)

Dayman big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes daymani) is a frog from southeastern Papua New Guinea.[2][3][4] It lives in wetlands far from the ocean. Scientists have only ever seen it on Dayman Mountain in Milne Bay Province, and in Mafulu. [1] It was found about 700 meters above sea level.[5]

The male frog is about 42 mm long from nose to rear end. When dead and preserved, it is brown with darker brown patterns on its back and legs. It has vein patterns on its lower eyelids.[5] When alive, this frog is light brown with a little orange and white spots. It has orange toes. Its belly is very white in color.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Richard Zweifel (2004). "Dayman Big-eyed Treefrog: Nytimystes daymani". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55768A11362595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55768A11362595.en. Retrieved July 10, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nyctimystes daymani Zweifel, 1958". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ 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 10, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nyctimystes daymani: Dayman Big-eyed Treefrog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. 8. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ↑ James I. Menzies (2014). "Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae), tree frogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species". Alytes. 30: 57–58. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2020.