Litoria mareku

Litoria mareku
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pelodryadidae
Genus:	Litoria
Species:	L. mareku
Binomial name
Litoria mareku (Günther, 2008)

Mareku's tree frog (Litoria mareku) is a frog from Indonesia. Scientists saw it in the Wondiwoi Mountains in Papua Province.

Appearance

The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog caught two adult male frogs. These frogs were 25.5 and 26.5 mm long in from nose to rear end with smooth skin. This frog is green and gray in color with a black mark in front of both eyes and a black band across its body. Its belly, chest, and throat are light in color, with yellow color on the sides of its body. The insides of its hind legs are blue. There are spots on the sides of its throat and body.

Home

This frog lives in the Wandammen Peninsula in primary rainforest. The scientist team found the two frogs in their paper on small woody plants. The plants were not far from a stream and not far from a swamp. But the scientists did not know whether it was the stream or the swamp that the frogs liked.

Taxonomy

Scientists say this frog is related to Litoria mucro, Litoria nigromaculata and Litoria nigropunctata.

Name

Scientists named the frogs after the man who caught them: Genus Mareku. He is from Yeretuar village. He was a guide. He led the scientists through the Wondiwoi Mountains.