Litoria sauroni
Litoria sauroni is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea.[2] Scientists have only seen it in the Kikori Integrate Conservation and Development Project area. Different scientists disagree about whether this frog should be in the genus Litoria or Nyctimystes.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. sauroni
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| Binomial name | |
| Litoria sauroni (Richards and Oliver, 2006)[2]
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This frog has red-and-black eyes and pads, called nuptial pads, on its front feet.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite IUCN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Litoria sauroniAmphibiaweb. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Nyctimystes sauroni (Richards and Oliver, 2006)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Paul Oliver. A new large green species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea. Zootaxa 1519 (2007). p. 17–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1519.1.2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ↑ Stephen J. Richards. Two new species of large green canopy-dwelling frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1295 (1) (2006). p. 41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1295.1.3. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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