AMPHIBIA: ANURA: HYLIDAE: Litoria

Litoria rubella (Gray, 1842)

Red treefrog/Desert Tree Frog

Photo & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland and Ilaiah Bigilale.

Range: Tropical northern Australia and New Guinea.

Diagnosis:

Description: Snout acute, 1.5 times longer than diameter of eye. Body smooth, lacking tubercles and parotoid glands. Back bronzy red; flanks black; white below. Digits long, thin, not webbed.

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 Literature:

 Cogger, Harold. 1999. Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. 6th edition. Ralph Curtis Books.