Palmatorappia solomonis

Palmatorappia solomonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Palmatorappia
Ahl, 1927
Species: P. solomonis
Binomial name
Palmatorappia solomonis
(Sternfeld, 1920)

Palmatorappia solomonis, or Solomon Island palm frog, is a species of frog in the Ceratobatrachidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Palmatorappia.[2][3]

Palmatorappia solomonis is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago where it can be found at least in Buka and Bougainville Islands of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul and Santa Isabel Islands of the Solomon Islands, but probably also more widely.[4] It is a very rare species that is found on low vegetation and trees in tropical rain forests. It can also be found in good-quality secondary forests. It has direct development, that is, it breeds without free-living tadpole stage. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Richards, S. & Parker, F. (2004). "Palmatorappia solomonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Palmatorappia Ahl, 1927". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Palmatorappia Ahl, 1927". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Palmatorappia solomonis (Sternfeld, 1920)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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