Litoria viranula
Litoria viranula is a frog from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.[2] It is related to Litoria bicolor.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. viranula
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| Binomial name | |
| Litoria viranula (Menzies, Richards & Tyler, 2008)[1]
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The male adult frog is about 23.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the females is about 26.4 mm long. Its head is longer than it is wide and its pupils open up and down. The front feet usually have almost no webbing and the back feet have lots of webbing. It is bright green with a bronze stripe on its back. It has darker patches on its legs and middle.[1]
It lives in forests near the Digul River and Fly River.[1]
They lay eggs in flowing water and in temporarily flooded places.[1]
The Latin name of this species viranula is a combination of viridis and ranula for green and frog.[1]
First paper
- J. I. Menzies; Stephen J Richards; Michael J Tyler (December 22, 2008). "Systematics of the Australo-Papuan tree frogs known as Litoria bicolor (Anura: Hylidae) in the Papuan region". Australian Journal of Zoology (Abstract). 56 (4): 257. doi:10.1071/ZO07068. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Stephanie Ung (November 16, 2009). "Litoria viranula". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Litoria viranula Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 22, 2020.