The Cape Melville tree frog (''Ranoidea andiirrmalin'') is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in 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 New Caledonia ( ; ) is a g ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Australia, and has been found only in Queensland, in Cape Melville National Park. Its natural

habitat In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ...

s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It was first described by Keith McDonald in 1997 as ''Litoria andiirrmalin'', but was transferred to the genus ''

Ranoidea The Ranoidea are a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of frogs in the order Anura. Members of this superfamily are characterised by having the pectoral girdle fused into a single complex unit, having no ribs, and using an axillary grip during amplexus ...

'', by Dubois and Frétey in 2016.

References

Ranoidea (genus) Amphibians of Queensland Amphibians described in 1997 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Frogs of Australia Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Pelodryadinae-stub