highland tree frog
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| image = WOLLASTON’S TREEFROG Litoria wollastoni (holotype Hyla wollastoni) Setakwa-Utakwa Rivers, Dutch New Guinea, 2nd Wollaston Expedition 1912-1913 (BMNH 1947.2.23.59).jpg
| image_caption = Museum specimen holotype
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Litoria wollastoni
| authority = (Boulenger, 1914)
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The Highland treefrog (Litoria wollastoni), or Wollaston's treefrog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, found in West New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. It was named in honour of the British naturalist and explorer Sandy Wollaston, who collected the holotype on the Setakwa River, southern Dutch New Guinea in 1912–1913. The holotype is housed in the Natural History Museum, London, accession number BMNH 1947.2.23.59.
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Category:Amphibians described in 1914
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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