Everett's tree frog or the Timor tree frog (Litoria everetti) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. The scientific name commemorates the British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
Everett's tree frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Litoria |
Species: | L. everetti
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Binomial name | |
Litoria everetti (Boulenger, 1897)
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Distribution and habitat
editIt is found on the Indonesian islands of on Alor, Sumba, Sawu, and in both Indonesian West Timor and independent Timor-Leste. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
References
edit- ^ Djoko Iskandar, Mumpuni (2004). "Litoria everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55722A11356899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55722A11356899.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.