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Nyctimystes cryptochrysos

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Nyctimystes cryptochrysos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. cryptochrysos
Binomial name
Nyctimystes cryptochrysos
Kraus, 2012[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Litoria cryptochrysos (Kraus, 2012)

Nyctimystes cryptochrysos is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2] It lives on Fergusson Island between 900 and 1500 meters above sea level. Scientists suspect it may also live in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands.[3]

The adult male frog measures 48.2 to 50.6 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 60.7 to 65.1 mm. Most of the skin of the dorsum is a mixture of light brown and dark brown in color. This frog has vertical lines on its lower eyelids and gold coloring on its legs and groin.[3]

The scientific name of this species, chryptochrysos, comes from the Greek kryptos for "hidden" and chrysos for "gold," referring to the gold color on the middle of this frog's body.[3]

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nyctimystes cryptochrysos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T74054591A74054765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74054591A74054765.en. S2CID 240954810. 74054591. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Nyctimystes cryptochrysos Kraus 2012". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Fred Kraus (2012). "A New Species of Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea". Herpetologica. 68 (4). Herpetologists' League: 541–550. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00012. JSTOR 23352180. S2CID 85258083. Retrieved July 25, 2020.