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The Australian green tree frog is a member of the family Hylidae and is placed in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, which is endemic to Australia and New Guinea and includes over 100 species in the genera Ranoidea and Nyctimystes. [4] The common name of the species, "White's tree frog", is in honour of John White's first description in 1790.
The white-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is the world's largest tree frog (the Cuban tree frog reaches a similar maximum size) and is found in Australia. Other common names include the New Guinea treefrog, giant tree frog, and Australian giant treefrog. [4]
Zhangixalus pachyproctus, the protruded vent tree frog, thick anus tree frog, or white-lipped tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to eastern China , Vietnam , and Thailand and predicted in Laos and Myanmar .
Magnificent tree frogs are native to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They are nocturnal and enter caves and rock crevices during the day. [3] Much like the other large tree frogs in Australia, White's tree frog and the giant tree frog, they inhabit areas near humans, and can be found around buildings and in toilets, showers, and water tanks.
Egg mortality in foam nesting tree frogs remains mostly unexplored, therefore information regarding the matter is limited. Grey foam-nest tree frogs' egg mortality is considered moderate compared to other anuran species. Following the embryonic development, a tadpole breaks free and drops into the water below the foam nest.
It is known under numerous common names, including common tree frog, four-lined tree frog, golden tree frog [2] or striped tree frog. Many past authors have united it with the common Indian tree frog in P. maculatus (or Rhacophorus maculatus , as was common in older times), but today they are generally considered distinct species.
Tree frogs are members of these families or genera: Hylidae , or "true" treefrogs, occur in the temperate to tropical parts of Eurasia north of the Himalayas , Australia and the Americas . Rhacophoridae , or shrub frogs, are the treefrogs of tropical regions around the Indian Ocean : Africa , South Asia and Southeast Asia east to Lydekker's line .
Polypedates insularis Das, 2005 – Nicobarese tree frog; Polypedates iskandari Riyanto, Mumpuni & McGuire, 2011; Polypedates leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829) – common tree frog, four-lined tree frog, striped tree frog, "white-lipped tree frog" (formerly often in P. maculatus) Polypedates macrotis (Boulenger, 1891) – Bongao tree frog