Armoured frog
| Armoured frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Clade: | Ranoidea |
| Species: | R. lorica |
| Binomial name | |
| Ranoidea lorica (Davies and McDonald, 1979)[2] | |
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The armoured frog, armoured mist frog or Alexandra Creek tree frog (Ranoidea lorica) is a frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland.[2][3]
The adult male frog is 2.7 to 3.3 cm long and the adult female is 3.3 to 3.7 cm long. It is gray or brown in color with a white belly. Its eyes can be silver or gold in color. It has a round head and a short nose. It has vomerine teeth on its upper jaw. It has more webbing on its hind feet than on its front feet, and it has discs on its front toes. Male frogs grow spikes out of their skin when it is the time of year to attract females.[3]
This frog is related to the waterfall frog.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Jean-Marc Hero; Michael Cunningham; Ross Alford; Kieth McDonald (2004). "Litoria longpies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T12156A3328557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T12156A3328557.en. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ranoidea lorica (Davies and McDonald, 1979)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.M. Hero (April 5, 2002). "Litoria lorica: Armoured Mistfrog, Armoured Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
