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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 ...
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 ...
Australian ground frogs: Great barred frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) Nyctibatrachidae Blommers-Schlösser, 1993: 3: Robust frogs, night frogs: Beddome's night frog (Nyctibatrachus beddomii) Ranidae (Rafinesque, 1814) 24: True frogs: American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Ranixalidae Dubois , 1987: 2: Leaping frogs: Amboli leaping frog ...
The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is a species of Australian ground frog native to southeastern Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The species was described in 1953 by Fulbright research scholar John A. Moore from a specimen collected at Towong Hill Station at Corryong , Victoria, and sent to the Australian Museum .
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 green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea), also named the green bell frog, green and golden swamp frog and green frog, is a species of ground-dwelling tree frog native to eastern Australia. Despite its classification and climbing abilities, it does not live in trees and spends almost all of its time close to ground level.
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).
Litoria ewingi (southern brown tree frog) Litoria latopalmata (broad-palmed frog) Litoria peronii (Peron's tree frog) Litoria rubella (desert tree frog) Ranoidea caerulea (Australian green tree frog) Ranoidea maini (Main's frog) Ranoidea platycephala (water-holding frog) Ranoidea raniformis (growling grass frog)