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Wahai tree frog

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Wahai tree frog
L. vagabunda, (a) underside of hand, and (b) open mouth.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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) vagabunda Peters and Doria, 1878[2]

The Wahai tree frog ("Litoria" vagabunda) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Litoria vagabunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55757A11361889. 2004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55757A11361889.en. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  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.

Further reading

  • 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.