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The leaf green tree frog (Litoria phyllochroa) is a species of tree frog common to forests of eastern Australia. Amphibians of Australia are limited to members of the order Anura, commonly known as frogs. All Australian frogs are in the suborder Neobatrachia, also known as the modern frogs, which make up the largest proportion of extant frog ...
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea.Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12 cm (4.7 in) in length.
Limnodynastidae, commonly known as the Australian ground frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands. They were formerly considered a subfamily of the Myobatrachidae , the other large radiation of terrestrial frogs in Australia, but are now considered a distinct family.
The Amphibians of Western Australia are represented by two families of frogs. Of the 78 species found, most within the southwest, 38 are unique to the state.15 of the 30 genera of Australian frogs occur; from arid regions and coastlines to permanent wetlands.
The rattling froglet was first described by Arthur Loveridge, a curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. [2] The species was described from a holotype female collected by Dr Philip Jackson Darlington Jr. at the Mundaring Weir near Perth in southwestern Australia, as part of the Harvard Australian Expedition (1931–1932).
An Australian green tree frog in a spider's web after eating the spider. Australian green tree frogs are very docile and unafraid of humans. [10] They are nocturnal [5] and come out in early evenings to call (in spring and summer) and hunt for food. During the day, they find cool, dark, and moist areas, such as tree holes or rock crevices, in ...
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The desert froglet, chirping froglet, or sparrow froglet (Crinia deserticola) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae, endemic to Australia. [1] [2] Desert froglets occur mainly in dry or moist savanna habitats, principally from the mid-western border of Northern Territory, south-east into western Queensland and New South Wales and the north-east corner of South Australia. [3]