Rueppel's big-eyed tree frog

Rueppel's big-eyed tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. rueppelli
Binomial name
Nyctimystes rueppelli
(Boettger, 1895)[2]
Synonyms
  • Ranoidea rueppelli
  • Hyla rueppelli[3]
  • Litoria rueppelli[2]

Rueppel's big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes rueppelli) is a tree frog from Indonesia. It lives on Halmahera and Morotai Islands in the Moluccas.[2][4][5] It lives in forests and wetlands not near the ocean.[1][3]

Scientists looked at dead, preserved frogs. A male frog was 48 mm long from nose to rear end. A female frog was 47 mm long. When alive, this frog is yellow with black marks. This frog has up-and-down marks on its lower eyelids.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Richards; David Price (2004). "Rueppel's Big-eyed Treefrog: Nyctimystes rueppelli". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55784A11355392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55784A11355392.en. Retrieved July 15, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ranoidea reuppelli". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Richard G. Zweifel (1958). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid Genus Nyctimystes" (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. p. 36. S2CID 54698209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Richard George Zweifel (1958). "Frogs of the Papuan hylid genus Nyctimystes. American Museum novitates; no. 1896". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/4567. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nyctimystes rueppelli". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 15, 2020.