Mountain stream tree frog

Mountain stream tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Species:
R. barringtonensis
Binomial name
Ranoidea barringtonensis
(Gray, 1842)[2]
Synonyms
  • Hyla phyllochroa barringtonensis
  • Litoria barringtonensis
  • Dryopsophus barringtonensis [2]

The mountain stream tree frog, northern tops frog, leaf green river tree frog or Barrington tops frog (Ranoidea barringtonensis) is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in New South Wales.[2][1]

This frog is 3.7 cm in length. It is green with dark spots and a dark stripe behind the eye. It has a white belly.[3]

Scientists disagree about whether to call this frog barringtonenesis or pearsoniana.[3] Some say this frog and Pearson's green tree frog are two different species and some do not.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 J.M. Hero; Harry Hines; Ed Meyer; D. Newell (April 5, 2002). "Litoria barringtonensis: Barrington Tops Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ranoidea barringtonensis (Copland, 1957)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Eric Vandernuys (2012). Field Guide to the Frogs of Queensland. Csiro. p. 63. ISBN 9780643106307. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ David Newell (2018). "An update on frog declines from the forests of southeastern tropical Australia". In Harold Heatwole; Jodi Rowley (eds.). Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands. Csiro. ISBN 9781486308392. Retrieved August 21, 2020.