Nyctimystes latratus

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref =

| taxon = Nyctimystes latratus

| authority = Menzies, 2014

}}

Nyctimystes latratus is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae endemic to Papua New Guinea.{{cite web|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Pelodryadidae/Pelodryadinae/Nyctimystes/Nyctimystes-latratus

|publisher=American Museum of Natural History

|title=Nyctimystes latratus Menzies, 2014

|access-date=July 10, 2020}} Scientists have seen it between 500 and 1200 meters above sea level on Mount Dayman and near the Bai-u River.{{cite journal

|title= Phyllodytes edelmoi

|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/74056699/74056704

|website=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

|page=e.T74056699A74056704

|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74056699A74056704.en

|id=74056699

|year=2020

|author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group

|s2cid=243303207

|accessdate=August 26, 2022

|version=3.1|doi-access=free

}}

This frog's eyes are gold in color. The skin of the dorsum is light brown or dark brown, and the skin of the ventrum is dull white.{{cite journal|url=https://www.amphibians.org/alytes/manuscripts/menzies-31012014/|title=Notes on Nyctimystes (Anura: Hylidae), tree frogs of New Guinea, with descriptions of four new species|author=James I. Menzies|access-date=July 30, 2020|journal=Alytes|year=2014|volume=30|pages=55–56|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413122225/http://www.amphibians.org/alytes/manuscripts/menzies-31012014/|url-status=dead}}

The name of this frog is from the Latin word latros for "to bark."