Litoria chrisdahli

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Litoria chrisdahli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. chrisdahli
Binomial name
Litoria chrisdahli
Richards, 2007 [2]

Litoria chrisdahli is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. [3]

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Litoria chrisdahli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T135863A151807265. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135863A151807265.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Richards, Stephen J. (2007). "A new species of 'spike-nosed' frog from northern New Guinea (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria)". Zootaxa . 1525: 51–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1525.1.5.
  3. Allison, Allen & Stephen Leisz. "Analysis of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Herpetofauna of the Papuan Region (New Guinea to the Solomon Islands)." Bishop Museum Publications. April 2006.