Litoria naispela | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Litoria |
Species: | L. naispela
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Binomial name | |
Litoria naispela Richards, Donnellan & Oliver, 2023
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Litoria naispela, also known as the Crater Mountain treehole frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It was described in 2023 by Australian herpetologist Stephen Richards and his colleagues Stephen Donnellan and Paul Oliver. The specific epithet naispela is a Tok Pisin term meaning ‘beautiful’ or ‘attractive’. [2]
The species is endemic to New Guinea. It is found in the Crater Mountain wildlife management area of Papua New Guinea. [2]
When breeding, the frogs glue their eggs to the trunks of trees above water-filled tree hollows, with the tadpoles being washed into the hollows after hatching. When the immature froglets first emerge from the tree hollows, their appearance resembles that of bird droppings, a factor hypothesised to protect them from bird predation, before they acquire the green and white markings of adult frogs. [2]
Litoria naispela | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Litoria |
Species: | L. naispela
|
Binomial name | |
Litoria naispela Richards, Donnellan & Oliver, 2023
[1]
|
Litoria naispela, also known as the Crater Mountain treehole frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It was described in 2023 by Australian herpetologist Stephen Richards and his colleagues Stephen Donnellan and Paul Oliver. The specific epithet naispela is a Tok Pisin term meaning ‘beautiful’ or ‘attractive’. [2]
The species is endemic to New Guinea. It is found in the Crater Mountain wildlife management area of Papua New Guinea. [2]
When breeding, the frogs glue their eggs to the trunks of trees above water-filled tree hollows, with the tadpoles being washed into the hollows after hatching. When the immature froglets first emerge from the tree hollows, their appearance resembles that of bird droppings, a factor hypothesised to protect them from bird predation, before they acquire the green and white markings of adult frogs. [2]