#Litoria

[herpsandbirds]

Australian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea or Litoria caerulea), Metamorph/froglet, family Hylidae, found across northern Australia

Also called Dumpy Tree Frog or White’s Tree Frog.

photograph by FairyTail Dragons LLC

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the largest Green Tree Frog I've ever seen, contemplating the daisies by the pond on a warm rainy night.

Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea/Litoria caerulea).

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A cave tree frog (Litoria cavernicola) in Kimberly, West Australia

by Stephen Zozaya

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what do you think abt my good friend Litoria pinocchio ....?....

Well firstly I did not know you could add styles to asks now, so that's new and exciting.

Secondly, that's a four and a half star frog (based on John Green's Anthropocene Reviewed scale) if ever there was one.

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It bears a striking resemblance to Pristimantis appendiculatus, at least as far as rostral ornamentation goes.

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A dainty tree frog (Litoria gracilenta), rescued from a shopping centre. These frogs get unintentionally transported all over Australia by produce trucks, earning them the nickname “banana box frog”.

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Southern brown tree frog

22-JUN-2023

Melbourne, Vic

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#2588 - Ranoidea aurea - Green and Golden Bell Frog

Originally described as Rana aurea, in 1827. Later renamed Litoria aurea.

A large frog deliberately introduced from Sydney to Auckland in the 1870s ( WHYYYYYYYY????????? ). Although in some respects it's just as well it was, because chytrid fungus, habitat loss, predation by the introduced Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki, and pollution has wiped out the frogs from much of their original range in coastal SW Australia. But the populations in Aotearoa and other Pacific islands that they were introduced to are also starting to crash.

The frog survives in some areas of Sydney, including the Brickpit at the proposed site for the tennis courts for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The tennis courts were built elsewhere, thankfully.

Hokitika National Kiwi Centre, Aotearoa New Zealand.

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So beautiful!

Today’s Exquisite Eye belongs to a Very Beautiful Long Gentleman!

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Davies' Tree Frog (Litoria daviesae).

Image credit: Dr. Jodi Rowley

[herpsandbirds]

Dainty Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea gracilenta), family Hylidae, found in coastal eastern Australia

Sometimes still referred to as Litoria gracilenta.

photograph by Rob Valentic

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This, friends, is what it looks like when you draw a frog from a desiccated specimen.

Original print of the Australian green tree frog, published in John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. Artist: S. Stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_green_tree_frog

[ljsbugblog]

thought I would share some of the incredible amphibian diversity we see in our garden. all of these creatures are from the same genus of treefrogs, Litoria (excepting Green Tree frogs, which are also often described as genus Ranoidea).

a Broad-palmed Rocket Frog (Litoria latopalmata), who we have spotted in the bog cave the past few nights! this species has proven to be highly variable in colour and patterning, so always interesting to encounter.

the pebble-shaped Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella), who hunt insects on my car in multitudes.

one of my favourites, the Peron's Laughing Tree Frog (Litoria peronii). at a distance they appear a uniform beige, but a closer look reveals flecks of emerald green across textured skin. this species tends to be a bit larger than the other frogs, but is still dwarfed by the Green Tree Frog.

a Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus), who I have posted before. one of the smallest of the frogs we see, but nonetheless intriguing with their yellow toes, and vibrant red eye.

last, and largest, is the conspicuous Green Tree Frog (Litoria/Ranoidea caerulea), a species found across much of the continent, and frequently found around human dwellings.

that's 5 species of tree frog all found within our relatively small garden, which is pretty amazing. we've also recently encountered a pair of Striped Marsh Frogs (Lymnodynastes sp.) around the pond (hopefully I can get a good photo soon), and of course there are the ever-present Cane Toads (Rhinella marina).

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A Roth's tree frog (Litoria rothii) in Berry Springs, NT, Australia

by Tony Jewell

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Red-eyed Tree Frog

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Green in green 💚

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this photo really captures everything important about me