Ranoidea robinsonae
Ranoidea robinsonae is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2][1][3]
| Ranoidea robinsonae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Ranoidea |
| Species: | R. robinsonae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranoidea robinsonae (Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The skin of the dorsum mostly green in color with pale stripes. Three adult male frogs were found to measure 28.3-28.7 mm in snout-vent length. Some of these frogs have dark spots.[2]
Scientists place this frog in the same species group as the dainty green tree frog.[1]
References
- Frost, Darrel R. "Ranoidea robinsonae (Günther and Richards, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- Paul M. Oliver; Devi Stuart-Fox; Stephen J. Richards (2008). "A new species of treefrog (Hylidae, Litoria) from the southern lowlands of New Guinea (Abstract)". Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 35–42. doi:10.3105/1345-5834(2008)27[35:ANSOTH]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1345-5834. S2CID 83774205. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- "Litoria robinsonae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
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