Biology:Ranoidea fuscula

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Short description: Species of tree frog

Ranoidea fuscula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. fuscula
Binomial name
Ranoidea fuscula
(Oliver and Richards, 2007)
Synonyms[2]
  • Litoria fuscula Oliver and Richards, 2007
  • Dryopsophus fusculus (Oliver and Richards, 2007)

Ranoidea fuscula is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Indonesia. Scientists have observed it in the Derewo River Basin in Papua Province, at 1890 meters above sea level.[2]

This frog lives in mountain streams.[3] Ranoidea fusculais closely related to Ranoidea dorsivena.[2]

Original description

  • Oliver, P. M.; Richards, S. J. (2007). "A new species of montane stream- dwelling Litoria from Papua, Indonesia (Anura: Hylidae).". Hamadryad 31 (2): 299–303. 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q590798 entry