Biology:Tornier's frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Tornier's frog
Litoria tornieri.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. tornieri
Binomial name
Litoria tornieri
(Nieden, 1923)[2]
Synonyms
  • Pelodytes affinis Gray, 1842
  • Hyla affinis — Boulenger, 1882
  • Hyla tornieri
    Nieden, 1923 (nomen novum)
  • Litoria tornieri
    — Cogger & Lindner, 1974[3]

Tornier's frog (Litoria tornieri) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to Australia.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, dry or moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts, Paul Horner (2004). "Litoria tornieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T41112A10400811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41112A10400811.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41112/10400811. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  3. Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. research.amnh.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers.) London. xvi + 503 pp. + Plates I.- XXX. (Hyla affinis, p. 413 + Plate XXVI., Figure 3.)
  • Gray, J.E. 1842. Descriptions of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. Zool. Misc., Part 2: 51–57.
    (Pelodytes affinis, p. 56.)
  • Nieden, F. 1923. Subordo Aglossa und Phaneroglossa. Anura 1. Das Tierreich 46: 1–584. (Hyla tornieri, p. 228.)

Wikidata ☰ Q897192 entry