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Highland tree frog
WOLLASTON’S TREEFROG Litoria wollastoni (holotype Hyla wollastoni) Setakwa-Utakwa Rivers, Dutch New Guinea, 2nd Wollaston Expedition 1912-1913 (BMNH 1947.2.23.59).jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. wollastoni
Binomial name
Litoria wollastoni
(Boulenger, 1914)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914)
  • Litoria wollastoni (Menzies and Zweifel, 1974)

The highland tree frog (Litoria wollastoni) is a small frog from New Guinea. Scientists believe it lives in the hills and lower sides of the mountains in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[3][1]

Scientists believe this frog is related to Litoria arfakiana.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Highland Treefrog (April 5, 2002)Amphibiaweb. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Litoria wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914). Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online ReferenceAmerican Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Stephen Richards. Highland Treefrog. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T55761A11352000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55761A11352000.en. Retrieved November 19, 2020.