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 | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Chlorohyla |
| Species: | C. vagabunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorohyla vagabunda | |
| Synonyms | |
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References
edit- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
edit- 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.