Ranoidea robinsonae

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Ranoidea robinsonae
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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]
  • Litoria robinsonae Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008
  • Dryopsophus robinsonae (Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008)

Ranoidea robinsonae is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Papua New Guinea. [2] [1] [3]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "Litoria robinsonae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 3, 2020.