Litoria bibonius

Litoria bibonius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Litoria
Species:	L. bibonius
Binomial name
	Litoria bibonius; Kraus & Allison, 2004

Litoria bibonius is a species of frog of the subfamily Pelodryadinae.

Distribution

This species is found in the D'Entrecasteaux, Normanby and Goodenough islands in Papua New Guinea.

Description

It can be distinguished from other lowland New Guinea green tree frogs by the following features: only one third of its fingers are webbed, it has no vomerine teeth, it has a smooth tympanium instead of a granular one, and its snout is long and pointed. The hidden surfaces of its thighs are yellow and its dorsum is uniformly green.^[1]

Like other members of the Litoria genus, it has horizontal irises, but unlike all Litoria species from Papua New Guinea, it has red eyes.

Taxonomy

Litoria bibonius is part of the species-group L. bicolor, which was created to accommodate 7 species from the region that had characteristics in common.

The other members of the group are: Litoria cooloolensis and Litoria fallax in Australia; Litoria bicolor in Austrália and Papua New Guine; Litoria contrastens, Litoria longicrus and Litoria mystax in Papua New Guine.^[2]

References

^ Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen (June 2004). "Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (2): 197–207. doi:10.1670/100-03A. ISSN 0022-1511.
^ Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen (June 2004). "Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology (2): 197–207. doi:10.1670/100-03A. ISSN 0022-1511. Retrieved 2023-02-10.

Kraus & Allison, 2004 : Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 38, n. 2, pp. 197–207.

External links

"Litoria bibonius Kraus and Allison, 2004". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
"Litoria bibonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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[1] Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen (June 2004). "Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (2): 197–207. doi:10.1670/100-03A. ISSN 0022-1511.

[2] Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen (June 2004). "Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology (2): 197–207. doi:10.1670/100-03A. ISSN 0022-1511. Retrieved 2023-02-10.

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