Fiji Tree Frog

Fiji Tree Frog

Taxobox
name = Fiji Tree Frog
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Platymantis"
species = "P. vitiensis"
binomial = "Platymantis vitiensis"
binomial_authority = (Girard, 1853)
synonyms = The Fiji Tree Frog ("Platymantis vitiensis") is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is one of two endemic frogs in Fiji, the other being the closely related Fiji ground frog("Platymantis vitianus").

Habitat and Distribution

The Fiji tree frog persists in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, and secondary regrowth forest habitats, on the largest islands in the Fiji group: Taveuni, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu.It is threatened by habitat loss on these islands, particularly due to the increase in conversion of native forest to plantations.

ource

* Zug, G., Watling, D. & Morrison, C. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58484/all Platymantis vitiensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.


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