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Cape Melville tree frog
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ranoidea
Species: R. andiirrmalin
Binomial name
Ranoidea andiirrmalin
(MacDonald, 1997)
Synonyms
  • Litoria andiirrmalin MacDonald, 1997

The Cape Melville tree frog (Ranoidea andiirrmalin) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to Australia, and has been found only in Queensland, in Cape Melville National Park. Its natural habitats 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, by Dubois and Frétey in 2016.

References

  1. ^ Jean-Marc Hero, Keith McDonald, Ross Alford, Michael Cunningham, Richard Retallick (2004). "Litoria andiirrmalin". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41028A10390496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41028A10390496.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Ranoidea andiirrmalin (McDonald, 1997) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Litoria andiirrmalin". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. Keith R. McDonald (1997). "A new stream-dwelling Litoria from the Melville Range, Queensland, Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 42 (1): 307-309 . ISSN 0079-8835. Wikidata Q109136101.
  5. Stanton, J. P. (James Peter); Borschmann, G.J. (1994), Peter Stanton interviewed by Gregg Borschmann in the Environmental awareness in Australia oral history project, p. 74
  6. A. Dubois; T. Frétey (2016). "A new nomen for a subfamily of frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Dumerilia. 6: 21. ISSN 1256-7779. Wikidata Q109134389.
Taxon identifiers
Ranoidea andiirrmalin
Litoria andiirrmalin


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