Litoria viranula facts for kids
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Litoria viranula is a frog from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. It is related to Litoria bicolor.
The male adult frog is about 2.4 cm long and the females is about 2.6 cm long. Its head is longer than it is wide and its pupils open up and down. The front feet usually have almost no webbing and the back feet have lots of webbing. It is bright green with a bronze stripe on its back. It has darker patches on its legs and middle.
It lives in forests near the Digul River and Fly River.
They lay eggs in flowing water and in temporarily flooded places.
The Latin name of this species viranula is a combination of viridis and ranula for green and frog.
See also
In Spanish: Litoria viranula para niños
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