Biology:Ranoidea bella

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Short description: Species of frog

Ranoidea bella
Cape York Graceful Treefrog A22I6824.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. bella
Binomial name
Ranoidea bella
Synonyms
  • Litoria bella McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016

Ranoidea bella is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, first found in Cape York Peninsula. The species is most similar to R. gracilenta and R. chloris, but can be distinguished from its cogeners by having a large male body size (between 34.5 to 41.8 millimetres (1.36 to 1.65 in)), a "near-immaculate" green dorsum, an orange venter, its bright orange-coloured digits and webbing, the purple lateral surfaces of its thighs, by lacking a canthal stripe, its white bones, and a single-note male advertisement call. It inhabits rainforest and monsoon vine thicket near water.[1][2]

References

  1. Mcdonald, Keith R.; Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Richards, Stephen J.; Frankham, Greta J (2016). "A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Zootaxa 4171 (1): 153–169. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.6. PMID 27701252. 
  2. Vink, Jasmine (29 September 2016). "New frog species discovered in remote North Queensland". Australian Geographic. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2016/09/new-frog-species-north-queensland. Retrieved 4 October 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q28309920 entry