Litoria viranula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pelodryadidae
- Genus
- Litoria
- Species
- Litoria viranula
- Scientific Name
- Litoria viranula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Litoria viranula
Litoria viranula is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to New Guinea. It is in the same species group with Litoria bicolor.
The male adult frog measures about 23.5 mm in snout-vent length and the female about 26.4 mm. Its head is longer than it is wide and its pupils are horizontal. The front feet usually have almost no webbing and the hind feet have lots of webbing. The skin of the dorsum is bright green and there is a bronze stripe on its back. It has darker patches on its legs and middle.
This frog lives in forests near the Digul River and Fly River. The female lays eggs in flowing water and in temporarily flooded environments.
The Latin name of this species viranula is a combination of viridis and ranula for green and frog.
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Sibling Taxa
- Litoria adelaidensis
- Litoria albolabris
- Litoria amboinensis
- Litoria amnicola
- Litoria angiana
- Litoria aplini
- Litoria arfakiana
- Litoria aurifera
- Litoria axillaris
- Litoria becki
- Litoria biakensis
- Litoria bibonius
- Litoria bulmeri
- Litoria burrowsi
- Litoria capitula
- Litoria chloristona
- Litoria chloronota
- Litoria chrisdahli
- Litoria christianbergmanni
- Litoria congenita
- Litoria contrastens
- Litoria cooloolensis
- Litoria coplandi
- Litoria darlingtoni
- Litoria dentata
- Litoria dorsalis
- Litoria dorsivena
- Litoria electrica
- Litoria eurynastes
- Litoria everetti
- Litoria ewingii
- Litoria fallax
- Litoria flavescens
- Litoria freycineti
- Litoria gasconi
- Litoria havina
- Litoria hilli
- Litoria humboldtorum
- Litoria inermis
- Litoria iris
- Litoria jervisiensis
- Litoria latopalmata
- Litoria leucova
- Litoria littlejohni
- Litoria lodesdema
- Litoria longicrus
- Litoria longirostris
- Litoria majikthise
- Litoria mareku
- Litoria megalops
- Litoria meiriana
- Litoria microbelos
- Litoria micromembrana
- Litoria modica
- Litoria mucro
- Litoria multiplica
- Litoria mystax
- Litoria nasuta
- Litoria nigrofrenata
- Litoria nigropunctata
- Litoria oenicolen
- Litoria ollauro
- Litoria olongburensis
- Litoria pallida
- Litoria paraewingi
- Litoria peronii
- Litoria personata
- Litoria pinocchio
- Litoria pratti
- Litoria pronimia
- Litoria prora
- Litoria pygmaea
- Litoria quadrilineata
- Litoria revelata
- Litoria richardsi
- Litoria rivicola
- Litoria rothii
- Litoria rubella
- Litoria rubrops
- Litoria scabra
- Litoria singadanae
- Litoria spaldingi
- Litoria spartacus
- Litoria staccato
- Litoria timida
- Litoria tornieri
- Litoria tyleri
- Litoria umarensis
- Litoria umbonata
- Litoria verae
- Litoria verreauxii
- Litoria viranula
- Litoria vivissimia
- Litoria vocivincens
- Litoria wapogaensis
- Litoria watjulumensis
- Litoria watsoni
- Litoria wisselensis
- Litoria wollastoni