Nyctimystes foricula

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Nyctimystes foricula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. foricula
Binomial name
Nyctimystes foricula
Tyler, 1963

Nyctimystes foricula, the Kaironk big-eyed tree frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.

Habitat

In the Upper Kaironk Valley of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, it is found in water and rock clefts, and among Miscanthus cane, Ficus dammaropsis , Homalanthus , and other trees and foliage near water. [2]

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nyctimystes foricula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T55771A152546845. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55771A152546845.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Bulmer, Ralph N.H. and Michael Tyler. 1968. Karam classification of frogs. Journal of the Polynesian Society 77(4): 621–639.