Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Palmatorappia solomonis

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Palmatorappia solomonis

Higher classification
  
Palmatorappia

Order
  
Frog

Family
  
Ceratobatrachidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Palmatorappia solomonis

Genus
  
Palmatorappia Ahl, 1927

Similar
  
Frog, Seychelles palm frog, Ceratobatrachus guentheri, Ceratobatrachidae, Platymantis

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

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. 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.

References

Palmatorappia solomonis Wikipedia