Litoria biakensis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Pelodryadidae
Genus
Litoria
Species
Litoria biakensis
Scientific Name
Litoria biakensis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Litoria biakensis

Exedrobatrachus biakensis is a monotypic species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to Biak Island 120 km off the north-western coast of New Guinea, Indonesia, where it has been found in two locations.

A comprehensive study of Pelodryadidae found that its isolation on Biak has led to Exedrobatrachus being phylogenetically isolated from any closely related species. This led to its name Exedrobatrachus, which comes from the Greek for "away from home frog". This is in reference to both its phylogenetic isolation, and its isolation on Biak Island.

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