Mountain big-eyed tree frog
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| Mountain 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. montanus
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| Nyctimystes montanus (Peters and Doria, 1878)[2]
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The mountain big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes montanus) is a tree frog from New Guinea. Scientists have only seen it in the Arfak Mountains in Indonesia.[2][3][4][1][5]
The adult male frog is about 5.2 cm long and the female about 6.3 cm long. The dead, preserved frog is gray or brown with darker markings.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards. Mountain Big-eyed Treefrog: Nyctimystes montanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T55776A11353398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55776A11353398.en. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nyctimystes montanus (Peters and Doria, 1878)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 12, 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 montanusAmphibiaweb. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Richard G. Zweifel. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid Genus Nyctimystes (1958)American Museum of Natural History. p. 21. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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