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]
Wahai tree frog | |
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L. vagabunda, (a) underside of hand, and (b) open mouth. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | "Litoria" |
Species: | "L." vagabunda
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Binomial name | |
"Litoria" vagabunda | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Van Kampen, P. N. (1923). "Hyla vagabunda Ptrs. & Dor.". The Amphibia of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 63.
- Boulenger, George Albert (1882). "Hyla vagabunda". Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 410.