Litoria mareku
Mareku's tree frog (Litoria mareku) is a frog from Indonesia. Scientists saw it in the Wondiwoi Mountains in Papua Province.[2][3][4]
| Litoria mareku | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. mareku
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| Binomial name | |
| Litoria mareku (Günther, 2008)
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Appearance
The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog caught two adult male frogs. These frogs were 25.5 and 26.5 mm long in from nose to rear end with smooth skin. This frog is green and gray in color with a black mark in front of both eyes and a black band across its body. Its belly, chest, and throat are light in color, with yellow color on the sides of its body. The insides of its hind legs are blue. There are spots on the sides of its throat and body.[4]
Home
This frog lives in the Wandammen Peninsula in primary rainforest. The scientist team found the two frogs in their paper on small woody plants. The plants were not far from a stream and not far from a swamp.[4] But the scientists did not know whether it was the stream or the swamp that the frogs liked.
Taxonomy
Scientists say this frog is related to Litoria mucro, Litoria nigromaculata and Litoria nigropunctata.[2]
Name
Scientists named the frogs after the man who caught them: Genus Mareku. He is from Yeretuar village. He was a guide. He led the scientists through the Wondiwoi Mountains.[4]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite IUCN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Litoria mareku (Günther, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Litoria mareku". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rainer Günther (May 12, 2008). "Two new hylid frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from western New Guinea" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology (Full text). 58 (1): 83–92. doi:10.3897/vz.58.e30913. S2CID 131314540. Retrieved May 25, 2022.