Everett's tree frog
Everett's tree frog or the Timor tree frog (Litoria everetti) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. The scientific name commemorates the British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
| Everett's tree frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. everetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Litoria everetti (Boulenger, 1897) | |
Distribution and habitat
It 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
- Iskandar, D. & Mumpuni 2004. Litoria everetti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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