Nyctimystes kuduki: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pelodryadidae
- Genus
- Nyctimystes
- Species
- Nyctimystes kuduki
- Scientific Name
- Nyctimystes kuduki
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nyctimystes kuduki
Nyctimystes kuduki is a species of tree frog in the sub-family Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and is found in montane rainforests in Southern Highlands Province.
The adult male frog measures 58.2 to 61.0 mm in snout-vent length, which is large for a frog in Nyctimystes. It has yellow or gold veins in its lower eyelids. It has very small ears for a Nyctimystes frog. It has very large, dark brown eyes. It has two groups of vomerine teeth in its upper jaw. This frog has dark brown and light brown skin. Some parts of its legs are yellow. It has a dull white belly. It has white spots on its back and eyelids.
During the mating season, the male frog perches on leaves over fast-flowing streams and sings for female frogs.
The species is named after Max Kuduk, who worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Sibling Taxa
- Nyctimystes avocalis
- Nyctimystes bivocalis
- Nyctimystes brevipalmatus
- Nyctimystes calcaratus
- Nyctimystes cheesmani
- Nyctimystes cryptochrysos
- Nyctimystes daymani
- Nyctimystes disruptus
- Nyctimystes dux
- Nyctimystes eucavatus
- Nyctimystes fluviatilis
- Nyctimystes foricula
- Nyctimystes gramineus
- Nyctimystes granti
- Nyctimystes gularis
- Nyctimystes humeralis
- Nyctimystes hunti
- Nyctimystes infrafrenatus
- Nyctimystes intercastellus
- Nyctimystes kubori
- Nyctimystes kuduki
- Nyctimystes latratus
- Nyctimystes lubisi
- Nyctimystes montanus
- Nyctimystes multicolor
- Nyctimystes myolae
- Nyctimystes narinosus
- Nyctimystes nullicedens
- Nyctimystes obsoletus
- Nyctimystes ocreptus
- Nyctimystes pallidofemora
- Nyctimystes papua
- Nyctimystes perimetri
- Nyctimystes persimilis
- Nyctimystes pterodactyla
- Nyctimystes pulcher
- Nyctimystes purpureolatus
- Nyctimystes sanguinolenta
- Nyctimystes sauroni
- Nyctimystes semipalmatus
- Nyctimystes trachydermis
- Nyctimystes traunae
- Nyctimystes tyleri
- Nyctimystes zweifeli