What is Litoria aplini?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1Q | taxon = Litoria aplini | authority = (Richards and Donnellan, 2020) | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} '''Aplin's tree frog''' (''Litoria aplini'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[Papua New Guinea]]. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place, the Sepik River in [[Sandaun Province]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Litoria aplini'' Richards and Donnellan, 2020 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Pelodryadinae/Litoria/Litoria-aplini |access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title=''Litoria aplini'': Richards & Donnelan 2020: Aplin's Tree frog |author1=Adelaide Mullin |editor1=Ann T. Chang |date=December 14, 2022 |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9294 |access-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> The adult frog is 30-35 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]]. The skin of the frog's back can be green or brown in color. The belly and inner legs are yellow in color. Parts of the hind legs are blue and brown in color. This frog can change color. The same frog may look different during the day and at night. The iris of the eye is gray in color with dark brown marks and a blue circle.<ref name=Amph /> The male frogs sit on plants 5 m over pools of water. Then they sing for the female frogs.<ref name=Amph /> The scientists named this frog after their friend Ken Aplin. Dr. Aplin helped study the animals of New Guinea for many years.<ref name=Amph /> ==First paper== *{{cite journal|author1=Richards, SJ|author2= SC Donnellan|year= 2020|title= Litoria aplini sp. nov., a new species of treefrog (Pelodryadidae) from Papua New Guinea|editor1=J. Louys|editor2= S. O'Connor|editor3=K. M. Helgen|accessdate=December 26, 2022 |journal=Papers in Honour of Ken Aplin. Records of the Australian Museum|volume= 5 |issue=72|pages=325–337|url=https://journals.australian.museum/richards-2020-rec-aust-mus-725-