Litoria

Litoria is a genus of Hylidae tree frogs. They are native to Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccan Islands, and Timor.

Species[change | change source]

The following species are or were once recognised within the genus Litoria (many others have been moved to Nyctimystes and Ranoidea):^[1]

L. adelaidensis (Gray, 1841) – Slender tree frog
L. albolabris (Wandolleck, 1911) – Wandolleck's white-lipped tree frog
L. amboinensis (Horst, 1883) – Horst's tree frog
L .amnicola (Richards, Tjaturadi, Krey, and Donnellan, 2021)
L. angiana (Boulenger, 1915) – Angiana tree frog
L. aplini (Richards and Donnellan, 2020) - Aplin's tree frog
L. arfakiana (Peters and Doria, 1878) – Arfakiana tree frog
L. aurifera (Anstis, Tyler, Roberts, Price & Doughty, 2010) – Kimberley rockhole frog^[2]
L. axillaris (Doughty, 2011) – Kimberley rocket frog
L. balatus (Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea, and Donnellan, 2021) – Slender bleating tree frog
L. biakensis (Günther, 2006)
L. bibonius (Kraus & Allison, 2004)
L. bicolor (Gray, 1942) – Northern dwarf tree frog
L. brevipalmata (Tyler, Martin, and Watson, 1972) – Green-thighed frog
L. burrowsi (Scott, 1942) – Tasmanian tree frog
L. capitula (Tyler, 1968) – Samlakki tree frog
L. chloristona (Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008)
L. chloronota (Boulenger, 1911) – Arfak Mountain tree frog
L. chrisdahli (Richards, 2007)
L. christianbergmanni (Günther, 2008)
L. congenita (Peters and Doria, 1878) – Yule Island tree frog
L. contrastens (Tyler, 1968) – Barabuna tree frog
L. cooloolensis (Liem, 1964) – Cooloola sedge frog, Cooloola tree frog
L. coplandi (Tyler, 1968) – Copland's rock frog
L. corbeni (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
L. darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945) – Darlington's Madang tree frog
L. daymani, Nyctimystes daymani (Zweifel, 1958) – Dayman big-eyed tree frog
L. dentata (Keferstein, 1868) – Bleating tree frog, Keferstein's tree frog
L. dorsalis (Macleay, 1878) – Dwarf rocket frog
L. electrica (Ingram and Corben, 1990) – Buzzing tree frog
L. eurynastes (Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008)
L. everetti (Boulenger, 1897) – Everett's Timor tree frog
L. ewingii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) – Brown tree frog
L. fallax (Peters, 1880)– Eastern dwarf tree frog
L. flavescens (Kraus & Allison, 2004)
L. fluviatilis, Nyctimystes fluviatilis (Zweifel, 1958) – Indonesian big-eyed tree frog
L. freycineti (Tschudi, 1838) – Freycinet's frog
L. gasconi (Richards, Oliver, Krey & Tjaturadi, 2009)^[3]
Litoria graminea (Boulinger, 1905)– Northern New Guinea tree frog
L. havina (Menzies, 1993)– Lappet-nosed tree frog
L. hilli (Hiaso and Richards, 2006)
L. humboldtorum (Günther, 2006)
L. hunti (Richards, Oliver, Dahl, and Tjaturadi, 2006)
L. inermis (Peters, 1867) – Bumpy rocket frog
L. infrafrenata (Günther, 1867) – Giant tree frog
L. iris (Tyler, 1962) – Western Highland treefrog
L. jervisiensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)– Jervis Bay tree frog
L. latopalmata Günther, 1867 – Broad-palmed frog
L. leucova (Tyler, 1968) – West Sepik tree frog
L. littlejohni (White, Whitford, and Mahony, 1994) – Littlejohn's tree frog, heath frog
L. lodesdema (Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008)
L. longicrus (Boulenger, 1911) – Wendessi tree frog
L. longirostris (Tyler and Davies, 1977) – Long-snouted frog, sharp-snouted frog, scrub rocket frog
L. lutea (Boulenger, 1887) – Faro Island tree frog
L. majikthise (Johnston and Richards, 1994)
L. mareku (Günther, 2008)
L. megalops (Richards & Iskandar, 2006)
L. meiriana (Tyler, 1969) – Rockhole frog
L. microbelos (Cogger, 1966) – Javelin frog
L. micromembrana (Tyler, 1963) – Nodugl tree frog
L. modica (Tyler, 1968) – Oruge tree frog
L. mucro (Menzies, 1993)
L. multiplica (Tyler, 1964) – Kassam tree frog
L. mystax (Van Kampen, 1906) – Moaif tree frog
L. nasuta (Gray, 1942) – Striped rocket frog
L. nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867) – Bridled frog
L. nigropunctata (Meyer, 1875) – Black-dotted tree frog
L. nullicedens (Kraus, 2018)
L. oenicolen (Menzies and Zweifel, 1974) – Trauna River tree frog
L. ollauro (Menzies, 1993)
L. olongburensis (Liem and Ingram, 1977) – Wallum sedge frog, Olongburra frog, sharp-snouted reed frog
L. pallida (Davies, Martin and Watson, 1983) – Pale frog
L. paraewingi (Watson, Loftus-Hills and Littlejohn, 1971) – Plains brown tree frog (also red cryptic treefrog, Victoria frog)
L. peronii (Tschudi, 1838) – Peron's tree frog, emerald-speckled tree frog, laughing tree frog, maniacal cackle frog
L. personata (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1978) – masked frog
L. pinocchio (Oliver, Günther, Mumpuni, and Richards, 2019) – Pinocchio frog
L. pronimia (Menzies, 1993) – Peppered pinocchio tree frog
L. prora (Menzies, 1969) – Efogi tree frog
L. pterodactyla (Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019) – Parachuting frog
L. purpureolata (Oliver, Richards, Tjaturadi and Iskandar, 2007)
L. pygmaea (Meyer, 1875) – Geelvink pygmy tree frog
L. quadrilineata (Tyler and Parker, 1974) – Lined tree frog
L. revelata (Ingram, Corben, and Hosmer, 1982) – Revealed frog, whirring tree frog
L. richardsi (Dennis and Cunningham, 2006)
L. rothii (De Vis, 1884) – Roth's tree frog
L. rubella (Gray, 1842) – Desert tree frog
L. rubrops (Kraus and Allison, 2004)
L. sanguinolenta (Van Kampen, 1909) – Sabang tree frog
L. sauroni (Richards and Oliver, 2006)
L. scabra (Günther and Richards, 2005)
L. singadanae (Richards, 2005)
L. spaldingi (Oliver, Günther, Tjaturadi, and Richards, 2021)
L. spartacus (Richards and Oliver, 2006)
L. staccato (Doughty and Anstis, 2007) – Chattering rock frog
L. thesaurensis (Peters, 1877) – Treasury Island tree frog
L. timida (Tyler and Parker, 1972) – Menemsorae tree frog
L. tornieri (Nieden, 1923) – Tornier's frog
L. tyleri (Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn, and Loftus-Hills, 1979) – Tyler's tree frog, southern laughing tree frog
L. umarensis (Günther, 2004) – Umar tree frog
L. umbonata (Tyler and Davies, 1983) – Baliem River Valley tree frog
L. verae (Günther, 2004) – Vera's tree frog
L. verreauxii (Duméril, 1853) – Whistling tree frog, Verreaux's tree frog
L. viranula (Menzies, Richards, and Tyler, 2008)
L. vivissimia (Oliver, Richards, and Donnellan, 2019) – Montane Pinocchio frog
L. vocivincens (Menzies, 1972) – Brown River tree frog
L. wapogaensis (Richards and Iskandar, 2001)
L. watjulumensis (Copland, 1957) – Watjulum frog
L. wisselensis (Tyler, 1968) – Wissel Lakes tree frog
L. wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914) – highland tree frog
L. zweifeli (Tyler, 1967) – Zweifel's big-eyed tree frog

References[change | change source]

↑ "Litoria Tschudi, 1838 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
↑ Anstis, Marion; Tyler, Michael J.; Roberts, Dale; Price, Luke C.; Doughty, Paul (2010). "A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2550: 39–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3. hdl:2440/61497.
↑ Richards, Stephen J.; Oliver, Paul M.; Krey, Keliopas; Tjaturadi, Burhan (2009). "A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 2277 (1): 1–13. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.1. S2CID 85906315.

Cogger, H.G. 1979. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. A. H. & A. W. REED PTY LTD ISBN 0-589-50108-9
Tyler, Michael J. 1992. Encyclopedia of Australian Animals: Frogs. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-15996-3

Other websites[change | change source]

Frogs of Australia. Litoria genus . Amphibian Research Centre.
Frogs Australia Network search: Litoria Archived 2009-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
Frost, Darrel R. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.3 Indexed database. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

[1] "Litoria Tschudi, 1838 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.

[2] Anstis, Marion; Tyler, Michael J.; Roberts, Dale; Price, Luke C.; Doughty, Paul (2010). "A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2550: 39–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3. hdl:2440/61497.

[3] Richards, Stephen J.; Oliver, Paul M.; Krey, Keliopas; Tjaturadi, Burhan (2009). "A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 2277 (1): 1–13. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.1. S2CID 85906315.

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