Western Highland treefrog

Western Highland treefrog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. iris
Binomial name
Litoria iris
Tyler 1962
Synonyms
  • Hyla iris (Tyler, 1962)
  • Litoria iris (Tyler, 1971)

The Western Highland treefrog (Litoria iris) is a small frog from New Guinea.

Male adult frogs are 36 mm long from nose to rear end and females are 43 mm long. Their backs can be any of a few colors but usually green with a thick black pattern. They have orange coloring on their legs and some purple and blue on their middles and bellies.

They lay eggs on plants hanging over bodies of water. Tadpoles take two weeks to hatch and then fall off the leaf into the water.

References

  1. 1 2 Stephen Richards; David Bickford (2004). "Western Highland Treefrog". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55727A11358018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55727A11358018.en. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Western Highland Treefrog". Project Noah. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Litoria iris (Tyler, 1962)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Chin Wang (May 13, 2003). "Litoria iris". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 23, 2020.