Angiana tree frog

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Angiana tree frog
Litoria angiana.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. angiana
Binomial name
Litoria angiana
(Boulenger, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Hyla angiana Boulenger, 1915
  • Hyla angularis Loveridge, 1945
  • Litoria mintima Tyler, 1962
  • Hyla mintima Tyler, 1963

The angiana tree frog (Litoria angiana) is a large tree frog from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.[1][2]

Male adult frogs are 50 to 55 mm long from nose to rear end and females can be 80 mm long. They can be brown or green with a dark stripe on the sides. There are yellow spots around the stripe.[1][3]

They live near rivers and in forests.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chih Wang. Litoria angianaAmphibiaweb. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. Stephen Richards. Litoria angiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T55707A11353060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55707A11353060.en. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. Stephen R. Goldberg. Helminths of ten species of Litoria frogs (Anura: Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Natural History 47 (29–30) (July 8, 2013). p. 1891–1910. doi:10.1080/00222933.2013.770932. Retrieved June 12, 2020.