Masked frog

Masked frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. personata
Binomial name
Litoria personata
(Tyler, Davies and Martin 1978)
Synonyms
  • Dryopsophus personata (Wells and Wellington, 1985)

The masked frog, masked rock frog or masked cave frog (Litoria personata) is a frog from Australia. It lives in the Northern Territory's Arnham Land Escarpment.

This frog lives in forests and grasslands. It hides under boulders and in cracks in rocks.

This frog lays eggs in crevices in rocks and in small pools of water, but scientists do not know much about their eggs.

References

  1. ↑ "Litoria personata: Masked Rock Frog". Frogs of Australia. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Litoria personata (Tyler, Davies and Martin, 1978)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 J-M Hero; H. G. Cogger; J. D. Roberts; P. Horner1 (April 5, 2002). "Litoria personata: Masked Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Harold Cogger; Dale Roberts; Paul Horner (2004). "Litoria personata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41106A10399192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41106A10399192.en. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ Harold Heatwole; Jodi Rowley, eds. (June 1, 2018). Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9781486308408. Retrieved July 2, 2020.