Cape Melville tree frog
The Cape Melville tree frog (Ranoidea andiirrmalin) is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in the Melville Range mountains on Cape Melville in Queensland.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Ranoidea |
| Species: | R. andiirrmalin
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranoidea andiirrmalin (MacDonald, 1997)
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These frogs live in fields of boulders near rainforests. They are difficult for people to study because the mountains are hard to climb.[1] As of 2004, they had only been found in four streams.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conrad J. Hoskin. The advertisement call of the Cape Melville Treefrog Litoria andiirrmalin (Anura: Hylidae). Zootaxa 3787 (4) (2014)Biotaxa. p. 499–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.8. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- ↑ Jean-Marc Hero. Litoria andiirrmalin. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T41028A10390496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41028A10390496.en. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.-M. Hero. Litoria andiirrmalin (April 5, 2004)Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 12, 2020.