Ranoidea bella

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Ranoidea bella
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. bella
Binomial name
Ranoidea bella
(McDonald, Rowley, , and Frankham, 2016)
Synonyms
  • Litoria bella McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016

Ranoidea bella is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, first found in Cape York Peninsula. The species is most similar to R. gracilenta and R. chloris, but can be distinguished from its cogeners by having a large male body size (between 34.5 to 41.8 millimetres (1.36 to 1.65 in)), a "near-immaculate" green dorsum, an orange venter, its bright orange-coloured digits and webbing, the purple lateral surfaces of its thighs, by lacking a canthal stripe, its white bones, and a single-note male advertisement call. It inhabits rainforest and monsoon vine thicket near water.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Mcdonald, Keith R.; Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Richards, Stephen J.; Frankham, Greta J (2016). "A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Zootaxa. 4171 (1): 153–169. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.6. PMID 27701252.
  2. ^ Vink, Jasmine. "New frog species discovered in remote North Queensland". Australian Geographic. Australian Geographic. Retrieved 4 October 2016.


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