The Wahai tree frog (Chlorohyla vagabunda) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to Indonesia and known from the Vogelkop Peninsula in north-western New Guinea and from Seram Island, one of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas).[1][3] Little is known about this lowland species that has not been collected after it was described in 1878.[1]

Wahai tree frog
L. vagabunda, (a) underside of hand, and (b) open mouth.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Chlorohyla
Species:
C. vagabunda
Binomial name
Chlorohyla vagabunda
(Peters and Doria, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Hyla (Litoria) vagabunda Peters and Doria, 1878[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Litoria vagabunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T55757A149631565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55757A149631565.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Peters, W.; Doria, G. (1878). "Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 13: 424–426.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Chlorohyla vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-03.

Further reading

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  • Van Kampen, P. N. (1923). "Hyla vagabunda Ptrs. & Dor.". The Amphibia of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 63.
  • Boulenger, George Albert (1882). "Hyla vagabunda". Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 410.