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Nyctimystes montanus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| name = Mountain big-eyed tree frog

| image = Nyctimystes_montanus_holotype.jpg

| image_caption = Holotype of Nyctimystes montanus. Illustration from the original species description by Wilhelm Peters and Giacomo Doria (1878).

| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Nyctimystes montanus |volume=2020 |page=e.T55776A152537765 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55776A152537765.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Nyctimystes montanus

| authority = (Peters and Doria, 1878)

| synonyms = Hyla (Litoria) montana Peters and Doria, 1878

Nyctimystes montana (Peters and Doria, 1878)

Litoria montana (Peters and Doria, 1878)

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Nyctimystes montanus (common name: mountain big-eyed tree frog) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to the Arfak Mountains, located in the Bird's Head Peninsula of northwestern New Guinea. This species is only known from its type locality ("Hatam sul Monte Arfak"). There are no records of this species after it was described in 1878, perhaps because of lack of surveys.

Description

The holotype—and the only known specimen—is an adult male collected by Odoardo Beccari in 1875. It measures {{convert|62|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The tympanum is small. The skin of dorsum is smooth. It resembles Nyctimystes kuduki but has a snout that is distinctly truncate at the tip (angular in N. kuduki). The palpebral venation has many horizontal connections (other Nyctimystes have only vertically oriented veins).

Habitat and conservation

The ecology and current population status of this species are essentially unknown. It is a montane frog that probably lives in streams in tropical rainforest. Threats to it are unknown. The type locality is within the Arfak Mountains National Park.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Pelodryadidae/Pelodryadinae/Nyctimystes/Nyctimystes-montanus |title=Nyctimystes montanus (Peters and Doria, 1878) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2017 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=20 March 2017}}

{{cite journal |last1=Peters |first1=W. |last2=Doria |first2=G. |authorlink1=Wilhelm Peters |authorlink2=Giacomo Doria |title=Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese |journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova |date=1878 |volume=13 |pages=323–450 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/41898 |language=it}}

{{cite journal |last1=Richards |first1=Stephen J. |title=A new species of Nyctimystes (Anura, Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea and comments on poorly-known members of the genus |journal=Phyllomedusa |date=2007 |volume=6|issue=2 |pages=105–118 |doi=10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v6i2p105-118 |url=http://www.journals.usp.br/phyllo/article/view/42674 |doi-access=free }}

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External links

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml|title=Hylidae |year=2017 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |accessdate=20 March 2017}}

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montanus

Category:Amphibians of Western New Guinea

Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia

Category:Amphibians described in 1878

Category:Taxa named by Giacomo Doria

Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot