Litoria richardsi

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Litoria richardsi
LC (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. richardsi
Binomial name
Litoria richardsi
(Dennis and Cunningham, 2006)
Synonyms[2]
  • Litoria richardsi Dennis and Cunningham, 2006
  • "Litoria" richardsi Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016

Litoria richardsi is a frog. It lives in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Scientists have seen it about 80 m above sea level.[2][3][1]

The adult male frog is about 26.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 29.5 mm. The webbed skin of the front and back feet is black in color. The belly is black, white, and yellow in color. The outermost part of the eardrum is clear. Only one other frog in that part of the world has a clear outer eardrum. Scientists are not sure how this frog is related to other frogs in Litoria.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Litoria richardsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T136164A152559324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136164A152559324.en. S2CID 241266843. 136164. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Litoria richardsi Dennis and Cunningham, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  3. "Litoria richardsi: Richards & Donnelan 2020: Aplin's Tree frog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. A.J. Dennis; M.J. Cunningham (2006). "Litoria richardsi sp. nov., a new treefrog (Anura: Hylidae) from New Guinea". Memoirs Queensland Mus (Abstract). 52. Retrieved January 6, 2022.