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Black-dotted tree frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Hyperolius nigropunctatus (Meyer, 1875)
  • Hylella nigropunctata (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla bernsteini (Horst, 1883)
  • Hyla (Hylella) ouwensii (Barbour, 1908)
  • Hyla (Hylella) nigromaculata (Barbour, 1908)
  • Hyla nigropunctata (Nieden, 1923)
  • Hyla atropunctata (Van Kampen, 1923)
  • Litoria nigropunctata (Tyler, 1971)

The black-dotted tree frog (Litoria nigropunctata) is a frog from New Guinea. It lives in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it at sea level and as high as 500 meters up in the hills. It also lives on Japen Island and on the south sides of the mountains.


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