Nyctimystes cryptochrysos

Nyctimystes cryptochrysos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Nyctimystes
Species:
N. cryptochrysos
Binomial name
Nyctimystes cryptochrysos
(Kraus, 2012)
Synonyms
  • Litoria cryptochrysos

Nyctimystes cryptochrysos is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives on Fergusson Island between 900 and 1500 meters above sea level. Scientists think it might also live in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands.

The adult male frog is 48.2 to 50.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 60.7 to 65.1 mm long. Most of its back is a mixture of light brown and dark brown in color. This frog has up-and-down lines on its lower eyelids and gold coloring on its legs and middle.

The scientific name of this species chryptochrysos comes from the Greek kryptos for "hidden" and chrysos for "gold," meaning the gold color on the middle of this frog's body.

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nyctimystes cryptochrysos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T74054591A74054765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74054591A74054765.en. S2CID 240954810. 74054591. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nyctimystes cryptochrysos Kraus 2012". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Fred Kraus (2012). "A New Species of Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea". Herpetologica. 68 (4). Herpetologists' League: 541–550. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00012. JSTOR 23352180. S2CID 85258083. Retrieved July 25, 2020.