Masked frog
The masked frog, masked rock frog or masked cave frog (Litoria personata) is a frog from Australia.[3][4] It lives in the Northern Territory's Arnham Land Escarpment.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. personata
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| Litoria personata (Tyler, Davies and Martin 1978)[1]
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This frog lives in forests and grasslands. It hides under boulders and in cracks in rocks.[3]
This frog lays eggs in crevices in rocks and in small pools of water, but scientists do not know much about their eggs.[3]
References
- ↑ Litoria personata: Masked Rock FrogFrogs of Australia. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ Litoria personata (Tyler, Davies and Martin, 1978). Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online ReferenceAmerican Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J-M Hero. Litoria personata: Masked Frog (April 5, 2002)Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ Harold Cogger. Litoria personata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T41106A10399192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41106A10399192.en. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ↑ Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands (June 1, 2018)Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9781486308408. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
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