Litoria sauroni

Litoria sauroni
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pelodryadidae
Genus:	Litoria
Species:	L. sauroni
Binomial name
	Litoria sauroni; (Richards and Oliver, 2006)
Synonyms
	Litoria sauroni (Richards and Oliver, 2006); Dryopsophus sauroni (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016); Ranoidea sauroni (Dubois and Frétey, 2016); Nyctimystes sauroni (American Museum of Natural History, 2018);

Litoria sauroni is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea.^[2] Scientists have only seen it in the Kikori Integrate Conservation and Development Project area. Different scientists disagree about whether this frog should be in the genus Litoria or Nyctimystes.^[3]^[4]

This frog has red-and-black eyes and pads, called nuptial pads, on its front feet.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Stephen Richards (2008). "Litoria sauroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136016A4229219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136016A4229219.en. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Litoria sauroni". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Nyctimystes sauroni (Richards and Oliver, 2006)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Paul Oliver; Stephen J. Richards; Burhan Tjaturadi; Sjoko Iskandar (2007). "A new large green species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1519: 17–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1519.1.2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
↑ Stephen J. Richards; Paul M. Oliver (2006). "Two new species of large green canopy-dwelling frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 1295 (1): 41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1295.1.3. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

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[IUCN-1] Stephen Richards (2008). "Litoria sauroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136016A4229219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136016A4229219.en. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[Amph-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Litoria sauroni". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[Museum-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Nyctimystes sauroni (Richards and Oliver, 2006)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[Description-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Paul Oliver; Stephen J. Richards; Burhan Tjaturadi; Sjoko Iskandar (2007). "A new large green species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1519: 17–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1519.1.2. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[RO-5] Stephen J. Richards; Paul M. Oliver (2006). "Two new species of large green canopy-dwelling frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 1295 (1): 41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1295.1.3. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

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