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The desert tree frog (Litoria rubella), or little red tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea, and Timor. [2] It is one of Australia's most widely distributed frogs, inhabiting northern Australia, including desert regions and much of temperate eastern Australia.
The desert spadefoot toad (Notaden nichollsi) is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae.It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, and temperate desert.
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]
A mature desert trilling frog tadpole photographed in its late stages of change into the adult frog, all four adult limbs are pictured. The Sudell's frog, painted burrowing frog (Neobatrachus sudellae), trilling frog or desert trilling frog (formerly Neobatrachus centralis) is a species of burrowing frog common to a large part of southeastern Australia.
The knife-footed frog shares its range with two similar species – the rough frog (Cyclorana verrucosa) and Main's frog (Cyclorana maini). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The knife-footed frog can be distinguished from the rough frog by the smoother skin on its back where the rough frog has slightly to extremely warty skin. [ 2 ]
Ranoidea platycephala, is a species of frog that is common in most Australian states and territories and is commonly referred to as the water-holding frog but has also been referred to as the eastern water-holding frog, and the common water holding frog. [2]
This water-holding frog has adapted to desert conditions. This species lives in some of the harshest country in the arid region of western and central Australia. Grouped together with other burrowing frogs, it survives the dry periods by absorbing water into its body, burrowing deep underground, and encasing itself in a watertight bag (cocoon ...
Pages in category "Frogs of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 252 total. ... Desert spadefoot toad; Desert tree frog ...