Mondo big-eyed tree frog
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| Mondo big-eyed tree frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimystes |
| Species: | N. gularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimystes gularis (Parker, 1936)[2]
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The mondo big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes gularis) is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it on Mount Dayman and Mount Tafa, between 1500 and 2400 meters above sea level (5000 and 7900 feet).[3][4][5][1][2]
The male frog is about 3.7 cm long and the female frog is 4.2 to 5.6 cm long.[2] Scientists who saw the frog said it was plain in color with darker color on its legs.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards. Mondo Big-eyed Treefrog: Nytimystes gularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T55773A11352759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55773A11352759.en. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard G. Zweifel. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid Genus Nyctimystes (1958)American Museum of Natural History. p. 15. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nyctimystes gularis Parker, 1936American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ Richard George Zweifel. Frogs of the Papuan hylid genus Nyctimystes. American Museum novitates; no. 1896 (1958)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ Nyctimystes gularis: Mondo Big-eyed TreefrogAmphibiaweb. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ↑ James I. Menzies. Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae), tree frogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species. Alytes 30 (2014). p. 59–60. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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