Cape Melville tree frog
The Cape Melville tree frog (Ranoidea andiirrmalin) is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in the Melville Range mountains on Cape Melville in Queensland.[1][2][3]
| Cape Melville tree frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Ranoidea |
| Species: | R. andiirrmalin |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranoidea andiirrmalin (MacDonald, 1997) | |
| Synonyms | |
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These frogs live in fields of boulders near rainforests. They are difficult for people to study because the mountains are hard to climb.[1] As of 2004, they had only been found in four streams.[3]
References
- Conrad J. Hoskin (2014). "The advertisement call of the Cape Melville Treefrog Litoria andiirrmalin (Anura: Hylidae)". Zootaxa. Biotaxa. 3787 (4): 499–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.8. PMID 24869550. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- Jean-Marc Hero; Keith McDonald; Ross Alford; Michael Cunningham (2004). "Litoria andiirrmalin". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T41028A10390496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41028A10390496.en. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - J.-M. Hero; K. R. McDonald; R. A. Alford; M. Cunningham (April 5, 2004). "Litoria andiirrmalin". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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