''Litoria bibonius'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

of the subfamily

Pelodryadinae Pelodryadinae, also known as Australian treefrogs (although not all members are arboreal), is a subfamily of frogs found in the region of Australia and New Guinea, and have also been introduced to New Caledonia, Guam, New Zealand, and Vanuatu. ...

Distribution

This species is found in the

D'Entrecasteaux Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux () (8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor. He is perhaps best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792, while ...

, Normanby and Goodenough islands in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Description

It can be distinguished from other lowland New Guinea green tree frogs by the following features: only one third of its fingers are webbed, it has no vomerine teeth, it has a smooth tympanium instead of a granular one, and its snout is long and pointed. The hidden surfaces of its thighs are yellow and its dorsum is uniformly green. Like other members of the Litoria genus, it has horizontal irises, but unlike all Litoria species from Papua New Guinea, it has red eyes.

Taxonomy

''Litoria'' ''bibonius'' is part of the species-group ''L. bicolor'', which was created to accommodate 7 species from the region that had characteristics in common. The other members of the group are: ''

Litoria cooloolensis The Cooloola sedge frog or Cooloola tree frog (''Litoria cooloolensis'') is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to Australia and only known from Fraser and North Stradbroke Islands, off south-eastern Queensland. Ha ...

'' and ''

Litoria fallax The eastern dwarf tree frog (''Litoria fallax''), also known as the eastern sedge-frog, is a species of tree frog. It is a small and very common frog and found on the eastern coast of Australia, from around Cairns, Queensland, to around Ulladul ...

'' in Australia; ''

Litoria bicolor The northern dwarf tree frog (''Litoria bicolor'') is a small species of tree frog native to northern Australia, from the Kimberly region of Western Australia to Bowen, Queensland, and Aru Islands of Indonesia. These small frogs are also common ...

'' in Austrália and Papua New Guine; '' Litoria contrastens,'' '' Litoria longicrus'' and ''

Litoria mystax The Moaif tree frog (''Litoria mystax'') is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy ''Litoria'' ''mystax'' is part of t ...

'' in Papua New Guine.

References

* Kraus & Allison, 2004 : ''Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea''. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 38, n. 2, pp. 197–207.

External links

* * Litoria Amphibians of Papua New Guinea Amphibians described in 2004 Fauna of Melanesia {{Pelodryadinae-stub