Whistling tree frog

Whistling tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Litoria
Species:
L. verreauxii
Binomial name
Litoria verreauxii
Duméril, 1853
Synonyms
  • Hyla verreauxii (Duméril, 1853)
  • Hyla ewingi var. orientalis (Fletcher, 1898)
  • Hyla ewingi var. alpina (Fry, 1915)
  • Hyla ewingii verreauxii (Loveridge, 1935)
  • Hyla ewingi loveridgei (Copland, 1957)
  • Hyla ewingi oberonensis (Copland, 1963)
  • Litoria verreauxii (Tyler, 1971)
  • Litoria verreauxi verreauxii (Watson, Loftus-Hills, and Littlejohn, 1971)
  • Litoria verreauxi alpina (Watson, Loftus-Hills, and Littlejohn, 1971)
  • Rawlinsonia alpina (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
  • Rawlinsonia oberonensis (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
  • Rawlinsonia verreauxii (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
For another species called the whistling treefrog, see Dryophytes avivocus.

The whistling tree frog, fawn tree frog, Verrreaux's Alpine tree frog, Alpine tree frog or Verreaux's tree frog (Litoria verreauxii) is a small frog from Australia. It is named after its loud call, which sounds like a bird call.

There are two subspecies: L. v. verreauxii lives in many kinds of places, including swamps, forests and permanent bodies of water and L. v. alpina, called the alpine tree frog, lives higher above sea level. L. v. alpina is much rarer. The IUCN Red List says the whistling tree frog is not endangered overall, but the government of Australia and its states say the alpine subspecies is endangered.

This frogs lays eggs in groups of 500-1000 at a time on underwater plants.

References

  1. 1 2 Jean-Marc Hero; Peter Robertson; Frank Lemckert; Graeme Gillespie; Murray Littlejohn; Peter Robertson; John Clarke (2004). "Litoria verreauxii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T12155A3328276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T12155A3328276.en. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Litoria verreauxii (Duméril, 1853)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Frogs of Melton". Melton Environment Group. May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 J-M Hero; G. Hollis; W. Osborne; G. Gillespie; L. Shoo; M. (April 5, 2002). "Litoria verreauxii: Verreaux's Tree Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 8, 2020.