Pelodryadidae

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Whirring Tree Frog

Whirring Tree Frog

Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben & Hosmer, 1982

Litoria revelata is a small Australian frog with four distinct populations and characteristic yellow breeding males.

Tyler's Laughing Tree Frog

Tyler's Laughing Tree Frog

Litoria tyleri Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn & Loftus-Hills, 1979

Litoria tyleri is an arboreal frog similar to Peron's tree frog, distinguished by call and faint body marbling.

Wallum Rocket Frog

Wallum Rocket Frog

Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838

Litoria freycineti is a small Australian frog with variable brown patterning that breeds in a range of still water bodies.

Bridled Rocket Frog

Bridled Rocket Frog

Litoria nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867)

The bridled frog (Litoria nigrofrenata) is a Pelodryadinae frog found in Australia and New Guinea, threatened by habitat loss.

Verreaux's Tree Frog

Verreaux's Tree Frog

Litoria verreauxii (Duméril, 1853)

Litoria verreauxii is a small frog with two subspecies found in different Australian habitats, one of which has declined due partly to chytrid fungus.

Olongburra Tree Frog

Olongburra Tree Frog

Litoria olongburensis Liem & Ingram, 1977

Litoria olongburensis, the wallum sedge frog, is a vulnerable endemic Australian frog found in coastal Queensland and New South Wales acidic Wallum marshes.

Cooloola Tree Frog

Cooloola Tree Frog

Litoria cooloolensis Liem, 1974

Litoria cooloolensis is a frog found in Australian Great Sandy National Park that lives in coastal freshwater habitats and faces several threats.

Copland's Rock Frog

Copland's Rock Frog

Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968)

Litoria coplandi is an endemic Australian frog species, currently classified as least concern by the IUCN with a stable population.

Slender bleating tree frog

Slender bleating tree frog

Litoria balatus Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021

Litoria balatus, the slender bleating tree frog, is a hylid frog endemic to eastern Australia, described as a distinct species in 2021.

screaming tree frog

screaming tree frog

Litoria quiritatus Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021

Litoria quiritatus, the screaming tree frog, is a common frog species endemic to southeastern Australia, described in 2021 after being split from Litoria dentata.

Bleating Tree Frog

Bleating Tree Frog

Litoria dentata (Keferstein, 1868)

The Australian bleating tree frog Litoria dentata has been split into three separate species with distinct ranges in eastern Australia.

Desert Tree Frog

Desert Tree Frog

Litoria rubella (Gray, 1842)

Litoria rubella is a small Australian frog with specialized adaptations to survive hot dry conditions.

Slender Tree Frog

Slender Tree Frog

Litoria adelaidensis (Gray, 1841)

Litoria adelaidensis, the slender tree frog, is a small frog found in permanent Australian still water habitats that breeds in early spring.

Rockhole Frog

Rockhole Frog

Litoria meiriana (Tyler, 1969)

Litoria meiriana, the rockhole frog, is an Australia-endemic frog in Pelodryadinae that lives in a range of freshwater and rocky habitats.

Bumpy Rocket Frog

Bumpy Rocket Frog

Litoria inermis (Peters, 1867)

Litoria inermis, the Bumpy rocket frog, is a small frog species found in a range of Australian wet and dry tropical habitats that lays egg clumps on temporary pool surfaces.

Peron's Tree Frog

Peron's Tree Frog

Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838)

Litoria peronii, or Peron's tree frog, is a variably coloured Australian tree frog with distinctive cross-shaped pupils.

Striped Rocket Frog

Striped Rocket Frog

Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)

Litoria nasuta, the striped rocket frog, is a variable ground-dwelling Australian-Papua New Guinean frog famous for its long leaps.

Broad-palmed Rocket Frog

Broad-palmed Rocket Frog

Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867

The broad-palmed frog (Litoria latopalmata) is an Australian frog with distinct markings that breeds in temporary still water.

Northern Laughing Tree Frog

Northern Laughing Tree Frog

Litoria rothii (De Vis, 1884)

Roth's tree frog (Litoria rothii) is a medium-sized Australian arboreal frog with variable color and distinct identifying traits.

Southern Brown Tree Frog

Southern Brown Tree Frog

Litoria ewingii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Litoria ewingii is a small frog native to southeastern Australia, introduced to New Zealand, that can survive freezing.

Northern Dwarf Tree Frog

Northern Dwarf Tree Frog

Litoria bicolor (Gray, 1842)

Litoria bicolor, the northern dwarf tree frog, is a small Australian frog with specific physical traits and summer breeding habits.

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog

Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880)

Litoria fallax is a small Australian frog found across a wide range of wetland and terrestrial habitats.

Watjulum Rocket Frog

Watjulum Rocket Frog

Litoria watjulumensis (Copland, 1957)

Litoria watjulumensis, the Wotjulum frog, is a Pelodryadinae frog named for a Western Australian mission.

Green-thighed Tree Frog

Green-thighed Tree Frog

Nyctimystes brevipalmatus (Tyler, Martin & Watson, 1972)

Nyctimystes brevipalmatus, the endangered Australian east coast green-thighed frog, is a small hylid frog with distinct color markings.

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