Tasmanian tree frog

Tasmanian tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. burrowsi
Binomial name
Litoria burrowsi
Scott, 1942
Tasmanian tree frog range.
Synonyms
  • Hyla burrowsi Scott, 1942
  • Litoria burrowsi Tyler, 1971
  • Saganura burrowsi Wells and Wellington, 1985
  • Litoria burrowsae Shea, 1988

The Tasmanian tree frog or Burrow's tree frog (Litoria burrowsae) is a frog from Tasmania. They live in high grasslands and forests near ponds and dams.

Adult frogs are 60 mm long from nose to rear end, green with brown marks.

They lay eggs in groups on underwater plants in still water or water that only moves slowly. The eggs take 6 days to hatch.

In 2018 and 2019, scientists from the Australian Museum asked people in Tasmania to go outside and record frog calls on their phones using FrogID in a citizen science project.

References

  1. ↑ "Litoria burrowsi (Scott, 1942)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  2. 1 2 J-M Hero; et al. (April 5, 2002). "Tasmanian Tree Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Jean-Marc Hero; Peter Brown (2004). "Litoria burrowsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41081A10384639. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41081A10384639.en. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Tasmanian Tree Frog". Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water, and Environment. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Georgie Burgess (November 4, 2019). "Tasmanians asked to record frog noises for citizen scientist project on amphibian numbers". ABC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.