Broad-palmed frog

Broad-palmed frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. latopalmata
Binomial name
Litoria latopalmata
Synonyms
  • Litoria latopalmata (Günther, 1867)
  • Hyla latopalmata (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla palmata (Slevin, 1955)
  • Litoria latopalmata (Tyler, 1971)

The broad-palmed frog (Litoria latopalmata) is a frog from eastern Australia. It lives in Queensland and New South Wales.

This frog likes to live in forests and woodlands and on flood plains near rivers. It also lives in billabongs and other permanent and semi-permanent bodies of water.

It lays eggs in groups underwater. The tadpoles take 50-90 days to become frogs.

A group of broad-palmed frog eggs.

References

  1. ↑ "Litoria latopalmata (Günther, 1867)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 J-M Hero; et al. (April 5, 2002). "Broad-palmed Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Jean-Marc Hero; Ed Meyer; John Clarke; Richard Retallick (2004). "Litoria latopalmata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41096A10389029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41096A10389029.en. Retrieved June 23, 2020.