Everett's tree frog
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| Species: | L. everetti
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| Litoria everetti (Boulenger, 1897)
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Everett's treefrog or the Timor treefrog (Litoria everetti) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. The scientific name commemorates the British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
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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