Papurana milneana

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Papurana milneana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Papurana
Species:
P. milneana
Binomial name
Papuarana milneana
(Smith, 1943)
Synonyms[3]
  • Rana grisea milneana (Loveridge, 1948)
  • Rana milneana (Kraus and Allison, 2007)
  • Hylarana milneana (Frost, 2008)
  • Papurana milneana (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010)
  • Papurana milneana (Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015)

Papurana milneana is a frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists have also seen it on Fergusson Island and Normanby Island, which are in the d'Entrecasteaux Islands. They think they may have seen it in the Lousiade Islands.[3][1]

Scientists used to think this was the same frog as Rana daemeli.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Papurana milneana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Papurana milneana". 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136040A152558500. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136040A152558500.en. S2CID 241771227. Retrieved January 17, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Papurana milneana (Peters, 1872)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 17, 2021.