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Litoria scabra

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2020 |title=Litoria scabra |volume=2020 |page=e.T136190A152559538 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136190A152559538.en |access-date=28 September 2022}}

| taxon = Litoria scabra

| authority = {{interlanguage link|Rainer Günther|fr|lt=Günther}} and {{interlanguage link|Stephen J. Richards|fr|lt=Richards}}, 2005

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Litoria scabra is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to Western New Guinea (Indonesia).

Habitat and conservation

Litoria scabra is currently only known from its type locality in the Wapoga River headwaters at an elevation of {{convert|1070|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It lives in and near fast-flowing streams. While its known range is very limited, it lives in a region with large areas of suitable habitat that are not under significant threat.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6709 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |title=Litoria scabra |access-date=28 September 2022}}

{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Pelodryadinae/Litoria/Litoria-scabra |title=Litoria scabra Günther and Richards, 2005 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2022 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=28 September 2022}}

{{cite journal |first1=Rainer |last1=Günther| author2= Stephen J. Richards |name-list-style=amp |year=2005|title= Three new mountain stream dwelling Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea |journal= Russian Journal of Herpetology |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages= 195–212 |url=http://rjh.folium.ru/index.php/rjh/article/view/793|accessdate=July 22, 2022|type=Abstract}}

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scabra

Category:Frogs of Asia

Category:Amphibians of Western New Guinea

Category:Endemic fauna of New Guinea

Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia

Category:Amphibians described in 2005

Category:Taxa named by Rainer Günther

Category:Taxa named by Stephen J. Richards

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