Wahai tree frog

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Wahai tree frog
Litoria vagabunda Peters Doria 1878.png
L. vagabunda, (a) underside of hand, and (b) open mouth.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
"L." vagabunda
Binomial name
"Litoria" vagabunda
(Peters and Doria, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Hyla (Litoria) vagabundaPeters and Doria, 1878 [2]

The Wahai tree frog ("Litoria" vagabunda) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Indonesia and known from the Vogelkop Peninsula in the north-western New Guinea, and from the Seram Island, one of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas). [1] [3] Little is known about this lowland species that has not been collected after it was described in 1878. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Litoria vagabunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T55757A149631565. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55757A149631565.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Peters, W.; Doria, G. (1878). "Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 13: 424–426; Pl. VI, Fig. 3.{{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Litoria vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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