Indonesian big-eyed tree frog

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

The Indonesian big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes fluviatilis) is frog from southeastern Papua New Guinea.[3][2][4][1] It was first found by western scientists when they were camping by the Idenburg River. The scientists who saw it were camping 50 meters above sea level.[5] Later, it was also found by the Wapoga River in West Sepik Province.[3]

The frog is about 50 mm long from nose to rear end. Its front feet are about half webbed and its hind feet have more webbing. When dead and preserved, this frog is light brown with darker spots and some dark stripes on its legs.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Richard Zweifel (2004). "Indonesia Big-eyed Treefrog: Nytimystes fluviatilis". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55770A11362994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55770A11362994.en. Retrieved July 11, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nyctimystes fluviatilis Zweifel, 1958". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nyctimystes fluviatilis: Indonesian Big-eyed Treefrog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 11, 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. 11. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.