| Nyctimystes hunti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimystes |
| Species: | N. hunti |
| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimystes hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl, and Tjaturadi, 2006) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nyctimystes hunti is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to northern Papua New Guinea. Scientists have seen it only in Utai, Sanduan Province, but predict that also lives elsewhere on New Guinea.[1][2][3]
The adult male frog has nuptial pads on its feet and is 57.9-60.4 mm long in snout-vent length. It is bright green on the dorsum and sometimes has a white stripe from its jaw to its tympanum. The climbing discs on its feet are white. It has vomerine teeth in its upper jaw.[4]
Its front feet are fully webbed and its call is deep and guttural in quality.[4]
As this frog was heard calling from the trees 5 to 8 meters above the ground, it is considered likely that it lays eggs in pools on the forest floor.[4]
References
- 1 2 Stephen Richards (2008). "Litoria hunti". 2008. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136072A4247362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136072A4247362.en. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - 1 2 "Nyctimystes hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl, and Tjaturadi, 2006)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Litoria hunti". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- 1 2 3 Stephen J. Richards; Paul Oliver; Chris Dahl; Burhan Tjaturadi; Guido Sautter (2006). "A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea". Zootaxa. 1208: 57–68. doi:10.5281/zenodo.172420. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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