Chlorohyla bella

Chlorohyla bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Chlorohyla
Species:
C. bella
Binomial name
Chlorohyla bella
(McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016)
Synonyms
  • Litoria bella McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016
  • Ranoidea bella

Chlorohyla bella is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, first found in Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The species is most similar to many Chlorohyla species, but can be distinguished by having a large male body size (between 34.5 to 41.8 millimetres (1.36 to 1.65 in)), a "near-immaculate" green dorsum, an orange venter, its bright orange-coloured digits and webbing, the purple lateral surfaces of its thighs, by lacking a canthal stripe, its white bones, and a single-note male advertisement call. It inhabits rainforest and monsoon vine thicket near water.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Mcdonald, Keith R.; Rowley, Jodi J. L.; Richards, Stephen J.; Frankham, Greta J (2016). "A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Zootaxa. 4171 (1): 153–169. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.6. PMID 27701252.
  2. ^ Vink, Jasmine (29 September 2016). "New frog species discovered in remote North Queensland". Australian Geographic. Australian Geographic. Retrieved 4 October 2016.