Litoria chrisdahli

Litoria chrisdahli is a frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives in the Sepik Basin.[2][3]

Litoria chrisdahli
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. chrisdahli
Binomial name
Litoria chrisdahli
Richards, 2007

This frog has a spike on the end of its nose. Scientists say it is related to Litoria prora and Litoria humboldtorum but it is smaller and smaller flaps of skin on its legs. It also sounds different when it calls out.[4]

References

  1. Template:Cite IUCN
  2. "Litoria chrisdahli (Richards, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  3. "Litoria chrisdahli". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  4. Richards (2007). "A new species of 'spike-nosed' frog from northern New Guinea (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) (Abstract)". Zootaxa. 1525: 51–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1525.1.5.