Western Highland treefrog

The Western Highland treefrog (Litoria iris) is a small frog from New Guinea.[2][4][1]

Western Highland treefrog
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. iris
Binomial name
Litoria iris
Tyler 1962[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla iris (Tyler, 1962)
  • Litoria iris (Tyler, 1971)

Male adult frogs are 36 mm long from nose to rear end and females are 43 mm long. Their backs can be any of a few colors but usually green with a thick black pattern. They have orange coloring on their legs and some purple and blue on their middles and bellies.[2]

They lay eggs on plants hanging over bodies of water.[2] Tadpoles take two weeks to hatch and then fall off the leaf into the water.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; David Bickford (2004). "Western Highland Treefrog". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55727A11358018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55727A11358018.en. Retrieved June 23, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Western Highland Treefrog". Project Noah. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. "Litoria iris (Tyler, 1962)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Chin Wang (May 13, 2003). "Litoria iris". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 23, 2020.