Biology:Litoria bella

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Litoria bella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. bella
Binomial name
Litoria bella
McDonald, Rowley, Richards & Frankham, 2016

Litoria bella is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, first found in Cape York Peninsula. The species is most similar to L. gracilenta and L. chloris, but can be distinguished from its cogenerates by having a large male body size (between 34.5 to 41.8 millimetres (1.36 to 1.65 in)), a "near-immaculate" green dorsum, an orange venter, its bright orange-coloured digits and webbing, the purple lateral surfaces of its thighs, by lacking a canthal stripe, its white bones, and a single-note male advertisement call. Litoria bella inhabits rainforest and monsoon vine thicket near water.[1][2]

References

  1. Mcdonald, Keith R.; Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Richards, Stephen J.; Frankham, Greta J (2016). "A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia.". Zootaxa 4171 (1): 153–169. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.6. PMID 27701252. 
  2. Vink, Jasmine. "New frog species discovered in remote North Queensland". Australian Geographic. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2016/09/new-frog-species-north-queensland. Retrieved 4 October 2016. 

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