Nyctimystes latratus

Nyctimystes latratus is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea.[2] It lives between 500 and 1200 meters above sea level on Mount Dayman and near the Bai-u River.[3][2][1]

Nyctimystes latratus
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. latratus
Binomial name
Nyctimystes latratus
(Menzies, 2014)[2]

This frog has gold eyes. This frog is light brown or dark brown with a dull white belly.[3]

The name of this frog is from the Latin word latros for "to bark."[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Phyllodytes edelmoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T74056699A74056704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74056699A74056704.en. S2CID 243303207. 74056699. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nyctimystes latratus Menzies, 2014". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 James I. Menzies (2014). "Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae), tree frogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species". Alytes. 30: 55–56. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2020.