Snow Mountains tree frog
| Snow Mountains tree frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. napaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Litoria napaea (Tyler, 1968) | |
The Snow Mountains tree frog (Litoria napaea) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
Range
This species is known to populate the mountains of Papua, Indonesia, as well as two locations in the Wapoga River headwaters (where the species was found in 1998). One specimen was collected 40 km southeast of Nabire in Papua. It has been recorded between about 500 and 1,000 m above sea level.
References
- Richards, S.; Iskandar, D. (2004). "Litoria napaea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T55741A11360073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55741A11360073.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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