Papurana papua

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Papurana papua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Papurana
Species:
P. papua
Binomial name
Papuarana papua
(Lesson, 1829)
Synonyms[3]
  • Rana papua (lesson, 1829)
  • Limnodytes Waigiensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Limnodytes papuensis (Meyer, 1875)
  • Limnodytes papua (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Rana papua (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Rana (Hylorana) papua (Boulenger, 1918)
  • Rana (Hylarana) papua (Van Kampen, 1923)
  • Hylorana papua (Deckert, 1938)
  • Rana semelvella (Menzies, 1987)
  • Rana (Papurana) semelvella (Dubois, 1992)
  • Rana (Papurana) papua (Dubois, 1992)
  • Sylvirana papua (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • Hylarana papua (Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007)
  • Papurana semelvella (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010)
  • Papurana papua (Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015)

The Papua frog (Papurana papua) is a frog from New Guinea. It lives in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It also lives on Manus Island and Waigeo Island. Scientists have seen it as high as 1200 meters above sea level.[3][1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Papurana papua". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Papurana papua". 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T58691A152556063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58691A152556063.en. S2CID 241863530. Retrieved January 19, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Papurana papua (Lesson, 1829)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 19, 2021.