Highland tree frog

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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
Museum specimen holotype
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. wollastoni
Binomial name
Litoria wollastoni
(Boulenger, 1914)

The Highland treefrog (Litoria wollastoni), or Wollaston's treefrog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, found in West New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. It was named in honour of the British naturalist and explorer Sandy Wollaston, who collected the holotype on the Setakwa River, southern Netherlands New Guinea in 1912–1913. The holotype is housed in the Natural History Museum, London, accession number BMNH 1947.2.23.59.

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Litoria wollastoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T55761A152546659. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55761A152546659.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.