Kroombit tree frog

The kroombit tree frog (Ranoidea kroombitensis) is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

Kroombit tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. kroombitensis
Binomial name
Ranoidea kroombitensis
(Hoskin, Hines, Meyer, Clarke, and Cunningham, 2013)
Synonyms
  • Litoria kroombitensis (Hoskin, Hines, Meyer, Clarke, and Cunningham, 2013)
  • Dryopsophus kroombitensis (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea kroombitensis (Dubois and Frétey, 2016)[1]

This frog lives in Kroombit Tops between 500 and 900 metres above sea level.[1][2]

The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog said they think it is related to the leaf green tree frog, Litoria personaiana and the mountain stream tree frog.[2]

References
  1. "Ranoidea kroombitensis (Hoskin, Hines, Meyer, Clarke, and Cunningham, 2013)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. "Litoria kroombitensis". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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