Wahai tree frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Litoria_vagabunda_Peters_Doria_1878.png

| image_caption = L. vagabunda, (a) underside of hand, and (b) open mouth.

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Litoria vagabunda |volume=2020 |page=e.T55757A149631565 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55757A149631565.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = "Litoria"

| species = vagabunda

| authority = (Peters and Doria, 1878)

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

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The Wahai tree frog ("Litoria" vagabunda) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Indonesia and known from the Vogelkop Peninsula in the north-western New Guinea, and from the Seram Island, one of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas).{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Pelodryadidae/Pelobiinae/Litoria/Litoria-vagabunda |title=Litoria vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=11 May 2016}} Little is known about this lowland species that has not been collected after it was described in 1878.

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Peters|first1=W.|last2=Doria|first2=G.|title=Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova.|journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova|date=1878|volume=13|pages=424–426|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33921420|postscript=; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33921613 Pl. VI], Fig. 3.}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|last1=Van Kampen|first1=P. N.|title=The Amphibia of the Indo-Australian Archipelago|date=1923|publisher=E. J. Brill|location=Leiden|page=63|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12451180|chapter=Hyla vagabunda Ptrs. & Dor.}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Boulenger|first1=George Albert|title=Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum|date=1882|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=London|page=410|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18320678|chapter=Hyla vagabunda}}

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Category:Litoria

Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia

Category:Amphibians of Indonesia

Category:Amphibians of New Guinea

Category:Amphibians described in 1878

Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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