Western Highland treefrog

Western Highland treefrog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Litoria
Species: L. iris
Binomial name
Litoria iris
(Tyler, 1962)

The Western Highland treefrog (Litoria iris) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, swamps, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and canals and ditches.[1]

References

  1. Richards, Stephen; Bickford, David. "Litoria iris.". IUCNRedList.org. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55727A11358018.en. Retrieved 15 October 2016.


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