Wahai tree frog

Wahai tree frog
L. vagabunda, (a) underside of hand, and (b) open mouth.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Hylidae
Genus:Litoria
Species: L. vagabunda
Binomial name
Litoria vagabunda
(Peters and Doria, 1878)
Synonyms

Hyla (Litoria) vagabunda Peters and Doria, 1878[2]

The Wahai tree frog (Litoria vagabunda) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to Indonesia and known from the Vogelkop Peninsula in the northwestern New Guinea, and from the Seram Island, one of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas).[1][3] Little is known about this lowland species that has not been collected after it was described in 1878.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Richards, S. & Iskandar, D. (2004). "Litoria vagabunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55757A11361889. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Peters, W.; Doria, G. (1878). "Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. 13: 424–426; Pl. VI, Fig. 3.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Litoria vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

Further reading

  • Van Kampen, P. N. (1923). "Hyla vagabunda Ptrs. & Dor.". The Amphibia of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 63.
  • Boulenger, George Albert (1882). "Hyla vagabunda". Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 410.


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