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Everett's tree frog

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Everett's tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. everetti
Binomial name
Litoria everetti
(Boulenger, 1897)

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.

Distribution and habitat

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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

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  1. ^ 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.