Sandyrana hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Sandyrana hunti is a species of tree frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to northern Papua New Guinea. Scientists have seen it only in Utai, Sanduan Province, but predict that also lives elsewhere on New Guinea.
The adult male frog has nuptial pads on its feet and is 57.9–60.4 mm long in snout-vent length. It is bright green on the dorsum and sometimes has a white stripe from its jaw to its tympanum. The climbing discs on its feet are white. It has vomerine teeth in its upper jaw.
Its front feet are fully webbed and its call is deep and guttural in quality.
As this frog was heard calling from the trees 5 to 8 meters above the ground, it is considered likely that it lays eggs in pools on the forest floor.
Wikipedia contributors, Sandyrana hunti; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:50:53.565598+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sandyrana hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006)
- Name authority
- (Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pelodryadidae
- Genus
- Sandyrana
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyPelodryadidae Günther, 1858
- genusSandyrana Wells & Wellington, 1985
- speciesSandyrana hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sandyrana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sandyrana infrafrenata (Günther, 1867) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandyrana pallidofemora (Kraus, 2018) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandyrana lubisi (Oliver, Günther, Tjaturadi & Richards, 2021) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandyrana multicolor (Günther, 2004) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandyrana dux (Richards & Oliver, 2006) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandyrana nullicedens (Kraus, 2018) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Litoria hunti Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006 Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006 | synonym |
| Nyctimystes hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006) (Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1271334 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:V5N5N. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.