Litoria bibonius Kraus & Allison 2004

Litoria bibonius és una espècie de granota del gènere Litoria de la família Hylidae. Originària de les Illes D'Entrecasteaux en Papua Nova Guinea.

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

Litoria bibonius es una especie de anfibio anuro del género Litoria, de la familia Pelodryadidae. Es originaria de las Islas d’Entrecasteaux en Papúa Nueva Guinea.

Bibliografía

• Kraus & Allison, 2004 : Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 38, nº 2, pp. 197–207.

Litoria bibonius Litoria generoko animalia da. Anfibioen barruko Hylidae familian sailkatuta dago, Anura ordenan.

Erreferentziak

Ikus, gainera

• Hylidae

Litoria bibonius est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Pelodryadidae^[1].

Répartition

Cette espèce est endémique de l'archipel d'Entrecasteaux en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée^[1]. Elle se rencontre sur les îles Normanby et Goodenough.

Publication originale

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

Notes et références

Litoria bibonius é uma espécie de anfíbio anuros da família Pelodryadidae.^[3][4] Está presente na Papua Nova Guiné.^[4] A UICN classificou-a como pouco preocupante.^[1]

Ver também

• Declínio das populações de anfíbios

Referências