Ranoidea fuscula

Ranoidea fuscula is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Indonesia. Scientists have observed it in the Derewo River Basin in Papua Province, at 1890 meters above sea level.[2]

Ranoidea fuscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species:
R. fuscula
Binomial name
Ranoidea fuscula
(Oliver and Richards, 2007)
Synonyms[2]
  • Litoria fuscula Oliver and Richards, 2007
  • Dryopsophus fusculus (Oliver and Richards, 2007)

This frog lives in mountain streams.[3] Ranoidea fusculais closely related to Ranoidea dorsivena.[2]

Original description
  • Oliver, P. M. & Richards, S. J. (2007). "A new species of montane stream- dwelling Litoria from Papua, Indonesia (Anura: Hylidae)". Hamadryad. 31 (2): 299–303.

References
  1. Jean-Marc Hero; Dale Roberts (2004). "Litoria fuscula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T136025A4232598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136025A4232598.en. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  2. "Ranoidea fuscula (Oliver and Richards, 2007)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  3. "Litoria fuscula". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved September 3, 2020.


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