Kuranda tree frog

Kuranda tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. myola
Binomial name
Ranoidea myola
(Hoskin, 2007)
Synonyms
  • Litoria myola (Hoskin, 2007)
  • Dryopsophus myola (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea myola (Dubois and Frétey, 2016)

The Kuranda tree frog (Ranoidea myola) is a frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland. Scientists have only seen it near the Barron River.

The adult male frog is 3.5 to 4.5 cm long and the adult female frog is 5.7 to 6.9 cm long. They can be brown, tan, gray or a mix of these with darker brown or green marks. The female frog spends most of her time in trees and the male frog spends most of his time near streams.

This frog is endangered because of habitat loss, because of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, because of predators brought from other places and because of competition from a similar frog, the green-eyed tree frog.

References

  1. ↑ Conrad Hoskin (2004). "Kuranda Tree Frog: Litoria myola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136003A4225804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136003A4225804.en. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Ranoidea myola (Hoskin, 2007)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Azucena Barrios; Alec Bauer; Heather Foreman (April 27, 2017). "Litoria myola: Kuranda Tree Frog". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved September 18, 2020.