Biology:Parachuting frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimystes |
| Species: | N. pterodactyla
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| Nyctimystes pterodactyla (Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019)
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The parachuting frog (Nyctimystes pterodactyla), or pale-eyed parachuting tree frog, is a species of frog found in New Guinea.[1] It is in the Nyctimystes gramineus complex with the Pinocchio frog and montane Pinocchio frog.[2][3]
The frog uses its webbed toes to steer when it jumps out of trees, like a human in a parachute. As of 2019, scientists had only seen the parachuting frog once.[3] They found it in the Muller mountain range, 515 meters above sea level.[1]
The scientists used DNA barcoding to examine the parachuting frog and other species found nearby, the Pinocchio frog and montane Pinocchio frog.[4]
The scientific name of this frog, pterodactyla, means "wings on its fingers" and comes from Latin.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nyctimystes pterodactyla (Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019)". American Museum of Natural History. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Pelodryadidae/Pelodryadinae/Nyctimystes/Nyctimystes-pterodactyla.
- ↑ "Litoria pterodactyla". Amphibiaweb. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carley Rosengreen (June 7, 2019). "Frog discoveries have scientists hopping". Griffith University. https://news.griffith.edu.au/2019/06/07/frog-discoveries-have-scientists-hopping/.
- ↑ Paul Oliver; Stephen J. Richards; Stephen C. Donnellan (2019). "Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding". Zootaxa 4609 (3): 469. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.4. PMID 31717094. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4609.3.4. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q65205328 entry
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