Sandy big-eyed tree frog
The sandy big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes kubori) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives in the central mountains and Huon Peninsula, between 1100 and 2000 meters above sea level. There are more sandy big-eyed tree frogs in the wild than any other frog in the genus Nyctimystes.[2][3][4][1][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimystes |
| Species: | N. kubori
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| Nyctimystes kubori (Zweifel, 1958)[2]
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This frog lives in open valleys, forests, and beds of reeds near rivers.[4]
The adult male frog can be as big as 45 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female can be as big as 60 mm long. It has vomerine teeth in its upper jaw. It is yellow-brown, gray, or dark brown on the back, with darker spots and patches. Its belly is white. Some of the webbing between its toes is bright orange.[5][4]
This frog lays eggs in big blobs about 75 mm in diameter. It hides the eggs under rocks under the water.[4]
In the local Kaironk language, this frog is called kwlek.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; Allen Allison; Fred Kraus (2004). "Sandy Big-eyed Treefrog: Nytimystes kubori". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55775A11353170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55775A11353170.en. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nyctimystes kubori (Zweifel, 1958)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chih Wang (April 13, 2003). "Nyctimystes kubori". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ 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. 16. S2CID 54698209. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ R.N.H. Bulmer; M.J. Tyler (1968). "Karam classification of frogs". 77 (4): 333–385. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
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