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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Nyctimystes |
Species: | N. pterodactyla
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Binomial name | |
Nyctimystes pterodactyla (Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019)
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Synonyms | |
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The parachuting frog (Nyctimystes pterodactyla), or pale-eyed parachuting tree frog, is a species of frog found in New Guinea. [1] It is in the Nyctimystes gramineus complex with the Pinocchio frog and montane Pinocchio frog. [2] [3]
The frog uses its webbed toes to steer when it jumps out of trees, like a human in a parachute. As of 2019, scientists had only seen the parachuting frog once. [3] They found it in the Muller mountain range, 515 meters above sea level. [1]
The scientists used DNA barcoding to examine the parachuting frog and other species found nearby, the Pinocchio frog and montane Pinocchio frog. [4]
The scientific name of this frog, pterodactyla, means "wings on its fingers" and comes from Latin. [3]
Parachuting frog | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Nyctimystes |
Species: | N. pterodactyla
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Binomial name | |
Nyctimystes pterodactyla (Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019)
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Synonyms | |
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The parachuting frog (Nyctimystes pterodactyla), or pale-eyed parachuting tree frog, is a species of frog found in New Guinea. [1] It is in the Nyctimystes gramineus complex with the Pinocchio frog and montane Pinocchio frog. [2] [3]
The frog uses its webbed toes to steer when it jumps out of trees, like a human in a parachute. As of 2019, scientists had only seen the parachuting frog once. [3] They found it in the Muller mountain range, 515 meters above sea level. [1]
The scientists used DNA barcoding to examine the parachuting frog and other species found nearby, the Pinocchio frog and montane Pinocchio frog. [4]
The scientific name of this frog, pterodactyla, means "wings on its fingers" and comes from Latin. [3]