Western Highland treefrog

The Western Highland treefrog (Litoria iris) is a small frog from New Guinea.[2][4][1]

Western Highland treefrog
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. iris
Binomial name
Litoria iris
Tyler 1962[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla iris (Tyler, 1962)
  • Litoria iris (Tyler, 1971)

Male adult frogs are 36 mm long from nose to rear end and females are 43 mm long. Their backs can be any of a few colors but usually green with a thick black pattern. They have orange coloring on their legs and some purple and blue on their middles and bellies.[2]

They lay eggs on plants hanging over bodies of water.[2] Tadpoles take two weeks to hatch and then fall off the leaf into the water.[4]

References

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