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Snow Mountains tree frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Litoria

Higher classification
  
Australasian treefrogs

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hylidae

Scientific name
  
Litoria napaea

Rank
  
Species

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The Snow Mountains tree frog (Litoria napaea) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family, 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

Snow Mountains tree frog Wikipedia