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Treasury Island tree frog

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Treasury Island tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. thesaurensis
Binomial name
Litoria thesaurensis
Peters, 1877
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla thesaurensis (Peters, 1877)
  • Hyla macrops (Boulenger, 1883)
  • Hyla solomonis (Vogt, 1912)
  • Nyctimystes milneana (Loveridge, 1945)
  • Litoria thesaurensis (Tyler, 1971)

The Treasury Island tree frog (Litoria thesaurensis) is a frog from New Guinea and other islands. It lives in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It also lives on the Solomon Islands, New Britain and New Ireland. Scientists saw it as high in the hills as 1200 meters above sea level.[3][2]

References

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  1. Stephen Richards; Fred Parker (2004). "Litoria pygmaea". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55754A11361586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55754A11361586.en. Retrieved November 7, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Litoria thesaurensis". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Litoria thesaurensis (Peters, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved November 7, 2020.