Kokoda big-eyed tree frog

Kokoda 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. semipalmatus
Binomial name
Nyctimystes semipalmatus
(Zweifel, 1958)[2]
Synonyms
  • Nyctimystes semipalmatus
  • Litoria semipalmata[2]

The Kokoda big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes semipalmatus) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it in the Owen Stanley Mountains between Garaina and Mount Dayman, at 300 to 700 meters above sea level.[2][3][4] It lives in forests and wetlands not near the ocean.[1][5]

Scientists looked at preserved, dead frogs. Among these, the largest adult male frog was 8.4 cm long from nose to rear end but most were closer to 6.4 cm long. The females were about 5.9 to 8.0 cm long. The dead frogs were gray and brown, but the preservative may have changed their color.[5] Scientists who wrote about this preserved frog years ago said it looked pink.[6]

One female frog laid 400 eggs at one time. They were 2.6 mm in diameter. They were cream-colored.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Richard Zweifel; Fred Kraus (2004). "Kokoda Big-eyed Treefrog: Nyctimystes semipalmatus". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55785A85823593. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T55785A11355562.en. Retrieved July 16, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nyctimystes semipalmatus Parker, 1936". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 16, 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 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nyctimystes semipalmatus". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 16, 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. 38. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 James I. Menzies (2014). "Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae), tree frogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species". Alytes. 30: 62–63. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2020.