Peron's tree frog

Peron's tree frog
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pelodryadidae
Genus:	Litoria
Species:	L. peronii
Binomial name
	Litoria peronii;
Synonyms
	Dendrohyas Peronii (Tschudi, 1838); Hyla peronii (Tschudi, 1838); Hyla peronii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841); Litoria peronii (Tyler, 1971); Pengilleyia peronii (Wells and Wellington, 1985);

Peron's tree frog or emerald-spotted tree frog^[2] (Litoria peronii) is a frog from Australia. It lives in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, but people have also seen it in a few other places.^[3]^[4]^[1]^[5]^[6]

The adult frog can be as big as 65 mm long from nose to rear end. It lives in forests, grasslands and swamps. It has sometimes been seen in northwestern Australia, far from its natural range. Citizen scientists from Frogwatch SA think this is because people keep Peron's tree frogs as pets and then they either escape or are set free.^[5] This frog is usually gray-green during the day. It turns red-brown with green spots at night. It has black and yellow colouring on its legs.^[3] It looks very similar to Tyler's tree frog. Scientists tell them apart because their voices sound different.^[7]

This frog lays eggs in temporary bodies of water.^[3] The tadpoles are yellow with stripes.^[5]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jean-Marc Hero; Peter Robertson; John Clarke (2004). "Litoria peronii". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T41105A10398886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41105A10398886.en. Retrieved July 1, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Peron's Tree Frog". Australian Museum. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
↑ J-M Hero; et al. (April 5, 2002). "Litoria peronii: Peron's Tree Frog". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Litoria peronii (Peron's Tree Frog)". FrogWatch SA. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
↑ "Peron's Tree Frog". New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
↑ "Peron's tree frog". Australian Reptile Park. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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[IUCN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Jean-Marc Hero; Peter Robertson; John Clarke (2004). "Litoria peronii". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T41105A10398886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41105A10398886.en. Retrieved July 1, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[AMNH-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 19, 2020.

[Museum-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Peron's Tree Frog". Australian Museum. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[Amph-4] J-M Hero; et al. (April 5, 2002). "Litoria peronii: Peron's Tree Frog". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[FrogWatch-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Litoria peronii (Peron's Tree Frog)". FrogWatch SA. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[Parks-6] "Peron's Tree Frog". New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[Park-7] "Peron's tree frog". Australian Reptile Park. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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