Litoria spartacus

Litoria spartacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species: L. spartacus
Binomial name
Litoria spartacus
Richards & Oliver, 2006

Litoria spartacus is a new species from the genus Litoria. It was found in Papua New Guinea in the Southern Highlands Province. It has affinities to Litoria macki and Litoria spinifera but has a smaller size and more extensively webbed hands and less tuberculate body.[1]

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