Grant's big-eyed tree frog

The Grant's big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes granti) is a large tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists found this frog on the Utakwa River and Fly River catchment, about 1000 meters above sea level.[2][3][4][1][5]

Grant's big-eyed tree frog
GRANT’S TREEFROG Litoria granti (holotype Hyla granti) Setakwa-Utakwa Rivers, Dutch New Guinea, 2nd Wollaston Expedition 1912-1913 (BMNH 1947.2.24.47).jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. granti
Binomial name
Nyctimystes granti
(Boulenger, 1914)[2]
Synonyms
  • Litoria granti [2]

The frog is about 10.0 cm long. It has black marks on its back. It has vomerine teeth in its upper jaw.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Allen Allison (2004). "Grant's Big-eyed Treefrog: Nytimystes granti". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55772A11352593. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55772A11352593.en. Retrieved July 11, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nyctimystes granti (Boulenger, 1914)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. Richard George Zweifel (1958). "Frogs of the Papuan hylid genus Nyctimystes. American Museum novitates; no. 1896". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/4567. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. "Nyctimystes granti: Grant's Big-eyed Treefrog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Richard G. Zweifel (1958). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid Genus Nyctimystes" (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. p. 11. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.