Sandyrana multicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Sandyrana
Species: Sandyrana multicolor

Name

Sandyrana multicolor (Günther, 2004)

• Holotype: ZMB 62137.
• Type locality: “on the main ridge of the Wondiwoi Mts. at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, about 10 km west of the Umar Bay coast, 2°56′S, 134°36′E, Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia”.

Combinations

• Litoria multicolor Günther, 2004: 252 [original combination]
• Sandyrana multicolor — Richards, Mahony & Donnellan in Donnellan et al., 2025: 68 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, R. 2004. Description of a new treefrog species from western New guinea showing extreme colour polymorphism (Anura, Hylidae, Litoria). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologische Reihe 80: 251–260.
• Donnellan, S.C., Mahony, M.J., Esquerré, D., Brennan, I.G., Price, L.C., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Günther, R., Monis, P., Bertozzi, T., Keogh, J.S., Shea, G.M. & Richards, S.J. 2025. Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2): zlaf015. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Sandyrana multicolor  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T61784A152556435. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61784A152556435.en. Accessed on 20 October 2025.