Ranoidea bella

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Ranoidea bella
Ranoidea bella Cape York Graceful Treefrog A22I6824.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. bella
Binomial name
Ranoidea bella
(McDonald, Rowley, Richards  [ fr ], and Frankham, 2016)
Synonyms
  • Litoria bellaMcDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016

Ranoidea bella is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, first found in Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The species is most similar to R. gracilenta and R. chloris , but can be distinguished from its cogeners by having a large male body size (between 34.5 to 41.8 millimetres (1.36 to 1.65 in)), a "near-immaculate" green dorsum, an orange venter, its bright orange-coloured digits and webbing, the purple lateral surfaces of its thighs, by lacking a canthal stripe, its white bones, and a single-note male advertisement call. It inhabits rainforest and monsoon vine thicket near water. [1] [2]

References

  1. Mcdonald, Keith R.; Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Richards, Stephen J.; Frankham, Greta J (2016). "A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Zootaxa . 4171 (1): 153–169. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.6. PMID   27701252.
  2. Vink, Jasmine (29 September 2016). "New frog species discovered in remote North Queensland". Australian Geographic. Australian Geographic. Retrieved 4 October 2016.