Western Highland treefrog
The Western Highland treefrog (Litoria iris) is a small frog from New Guinea.[2][4][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. iris
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| Binomial name | |
| Litoria iris Tyler 1962[2]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards. Western Highland Treefrog. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T55727A11358018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55727A11358018.en. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Western Highland TreefrogProject Noah. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ↑ Litoria iris (Tyler, 1962). Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online ReferenceAmerican Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chin Wang. Litoria iris (May 13, 2003)Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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