The Cape Melville tree frog (Ranoidea andiirrmalin) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.[2][3] It is endemic to Australia, and has been found only in Queensland, in Cape Melville National Park.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Ranoidea |
| Species: | R. andiirrmalin
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| Binomial name | |
| Ranoidea andiirrmalin (MacDonald, 1997)
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It was first described by Keith McDonald in 1997 as Litoria andiirrmalin,[2][4][5] but was transferred to the genus Ranoidea, by Dubois and Frétey in 2016.[2][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Jean-Marc Hero, Keith McDonald, Ross Alford, Michael Cunningham, Richard Retallick (2004). "Litoria andiirrmalin". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41028A10390496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41028A10390496.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Ranoidea andiirrmalin (McDonald, 1997) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Litoria andiirrmalin". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ Keith R. McDonald (1997). "A new stream-dwelling Litoria from the Melville Range, Queensland, Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 42 (1): 307-309 [307]. ISSN 0079-8835. Wikidata Q109136101.
- ^ Stanton, J. P. (James Peter); Borschmann, G.J. (1994), Peter Stanton interviewed by Gregg Borschmann in the Environmental awareness in Australia oral history project, p. 74
- ^ A. Dubois; T. Frétey (2016). "A new nomen for a subfamily of frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Dumerilia. 6: 21. ISSN 1256-7779. Wikidata Q109134389.
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