Litoria is a genus of tree frog native to: Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccan Islands, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor. They are distinguishable from other tree frogs, by the presence of horizontal irises, no pigmentation of the eye lid and their distribution. Genera See text. ... The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, named in honour of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and belonging to Papua New Guinea. ... Map of Lesser Sunda Islands The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. ... The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. ... Map of Timor Timor Island from space, November 1989. ...

The species within the genus Litoria are extremely variable in appearance, behaviour and habitat. The smallest species within the genus is the Javelin Frog (Litoria microbelos), reaching a maximum length of 1.6 centimeters, while the largest, the Giant Tree Frog (Litoria infrafrenata), reaches a size 13.5 centimeters. The appearance, behaviour and habitat of each frog is usually linked. The small, darkly coloured frogs are generally terrestrial, and will never, or infrequently, climb. The larger, green species are usually arboreal and some will only venture to the ground to breed. [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Litoria infrafrenata Günther, 1876 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The giant tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata), also comonly known as the white-lipped tree frog, is the largest species of tree frog on earth. ...

Taxonomy

The Litoria genus comprises of 131 separate species, which include:

Slender Tree Frog, Litoria adelaidensis (Gray, 1841)
Wandolleck’s White-lipped Tree Frog, Litoria albolabris (Wandolleck, 1911)
Horst’s Tree Frog, Litoria amboinensis (Horst, 1883)
Cape Melville Tree Frog, Litoria andiirrmalin (McDonald, 1997)
Angiana Tree Frog, Litoria angiana (Boulenger, 1915)
Arfakiana Tree Frog, Litoria arfakiana (Peters and Doria, 1878)
Aru Tree Frog, Litoria aruensis (Horst, 1883)
Litoria auae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)
Green and Golden Bell Frog, Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1827)
Mountain Stream Tree Frog, Litoria barringtonensis (Copland , 1957)
Beck’s Tree Frog, Litoria becki (Loveridge, 1945)
Litoria bibonius (Kraus and Allison, 2004)
Northern Dwarf Tree Frog, Litoria bicolor (Gray, 1842)
Booroolong Frog, Litoria booroolongensis (Moore, 1961)
Green Thighed Frog, Litoria brevipalmata (Tyler, Martin and Watson, 1972)
Brongersma’s Tree Frog, Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945)
Bulmer’s Tree Frog, Litoria bulmeri (Tyler, 1968)
Tasmanian Tree Frog, Litoria burrowsae (Scott, 1942)
White's Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea (White, 1790)
Samlakki Tree Frog, Litoria capitula (Tyler, 1968)
Tablelands Bell Frog, Litoria castanea (Steindachner, 1867)
Cave-dwelling Frog, Litoria cavernicola (Tyler and Davies, 1979)
Red-eyed Tree Frog, Litoria chloris (Boulenger, 1892)
Arfak Mountain Tree Frog, Litoria chloronota (Boulenger, 1911)
Blue Mountains Tree Frog, Litoria citropa (Tschudi, 1838)
Yule Island Tree Frog, Litoria congenita (Peters and Doria, 1878)
Barabuna Tree Frog, Litoria contrastens (Tyler, 1968)
Cooloolah Tree Frog, Litoria cooloolensis (Liem, 1974)
Copland’s Rock Frog, Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968)
Whirring Tree Frog, Litoria corbeni (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
Spotted-thighed Frog, Litoria cyclorhynchus (Boulenger, 1882)
Dahl’s Aquatic Frog, Litoria dahlii (Boulenger, 1896)
Darlington’s Madang Tree Frog, Litoria darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945)
Davies' Tree Frog, Litoria daviesae (Mahony, Knowles, Foster and Donnellan, 2001)
Bleating Tree Frog or Keferstein's Tree Frog, Litoria dentata (Keferstein, 1868)
Dwarf Rocket Frog, Litoria dorsalis (Macleay, 1878)
Eastern Mountains Tree Frog, Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968)
Buzzing Tree Frog, Litoria electrica (Ingram and Corben, 1990)
Litoria elkeae (Günther and Richards, 2000)
Fringed Tree Frog, Litoria eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900)
Everett’s Timor Tree Frog, Litoria everetti (Boulenger, 1897)
Brown Tree Frog, Litoria ewingii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Big-eyed Tree Frog, Litoria exophthalmia (Tyler, Davies and Aplin, 1986)
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog, Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880)
Litoria flavescens (Kraus and Allison, 2004)
Freycinet's Frog, Litoria freycineti (Tschudi, 1838)
New Guinea Tree Frog, Litoria genimaculata (Horst, 1883)
Centralian Tree Frog, Litoria gilleni (Spencer, 1896)
Dainty Green Tree Frog, Litoria gracilenta (Peters, 1869)
Northern New Guinea Tree Frog, Litoria graminea (Boulenger, 1905)
Litoria havina (Menzies, 1993)
Litoria hunti Richards et al., 2006
Southern New Guinea Tree Frog, Litoria impura (Peters and Doria, 1878)
Bumpy Rocket Frog, Litoria inermis (Peters, 1867)
Giant Tree Frog or White-lipped Tree Frog, Litoria infrafrenata (Günther, 1867)
Western Highland Tree Frog Litoria iris (Tyler, 1962)
Javan Mossy Tree Frog, Litoria javana (Ahl, 1926)
Jenolan Caves Tree Frog, Litoria jenolanensis (Copland , 1957)
Jervis Bay Tree Frog, Litoria jervisiensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Garman New Guinea Tree Frog, Litoria jeudii (Werner, 1901)
Litoria jungguy (Donnellan and Mahony, 2004)
Litoria kumae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)
Broad Palmed Frog, Litoria latopalmata (Günther, 1867)
Lesueur's Frog, Litoria lesueurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
West Sepik Tree Frog Litoria leucova (Tyler, 1968)
Littlejohn's Tree Frog, Litoria littlejohni (White, Whitford and Mahony, 1994)
Wendessi Tree Frog, Litoria longicrus (Boulenger, 1911)
Long-snouted Frog Litoria longirostris (Tyler and Davies, 1977)
Armoured Frog, Litoria lorica (Davies and McDonald, 1979)
Rossell Island Tree Frog, Litoria louisiadensis (Tyler, 1968)
Faro Island Tree Frog, Litoria lutea (Boulenger, 1887)
Litoria macki (Richards, 2001)
Litoria majikthise (Johnston and Richards, 1994)
Rockhole Frog, Litoria meiriana (Tyler, 1969)
Javelin Frog Litoria microbelos (Cogger, 1966)
Nodugl Tree Frog, Litoria micromembrana (Tyler, 1963)
Oruge Tree Frog, Litoria modica (Tyler, 1968)
Motorbike Frog, Litoria moorei (Copland , 1957)
Litoria mucro (Menzies, 1993)
Litoria multicolor
Oruge Tree Frog, Litoria multiplica (Tyler, 1964)
Moaif Tree Frog, Litoria mystax (Kampen, 1906)
Torrent Tree Frog, Litoria nannotis (Andersson, 1916)
Snow Mountains Tree Frog, Litoria napaea (Tyler, 1968)
Rocket Frog, Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)
Bridled Frog, Litoria nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867)
Black-dotted Tree Frog, Litoria nigropunctata (Meyer, 1875)
Southern Leaf Green Tree Frog, Litoria nudidigitus (Copland, 1962)
Nyakala Frog, Litoria nyakalensis (Liem, 1974)
Jobi Tree Frog, Litoria obtusirostris (Meyer, 1875)
Trauna River Tree Frog Litoria oenicolen (Menzies and Zweifel, 1974)
Litoria ollauro (Menzies, 1993)
Olongburra Frog, Litoria olongburensis (Liem and Ingram, 1977)
Pale Frog, Litoria pallida (Davies, Martin and Watson, 1983)
Red Cryptic Tree Frog, Litoria paraewingii (Watson, Loftus-Hills and Littlejohn, 1971)
Pearson's Green Tree Frog, Litoria pearsoniana (Copland , 1961)
Peron's Tree Frog or Emerald Speckled Tree Frog, Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838)
Masked Frog, Litoria personata (Tyler, Davies and Martin, 1978)
Leaf Green Tree Frog, Litoria phyllochroa (Günther, 1863)
Peppered Tree Frog, Litoria piperata (Tyler and Davies, 1985)
Pratt's Tree Frog, Litoria pratti (Boulenger, 1911)
Litoria pronimia (Menzies, 1993)
Efogi Tree Frog, Litoria prora (Menzies, 1969)
Geelvink Pigmy Tree Frog, Litoria pygmaea (Meyer, 1875)
Lined Tree Frog, Litoria quadrilineata (Tyler and Parker, 1974)
Growling Grass Frog, Litoria raniformis (Keferstein, 1867)
Revealed Frog, Litoria revelata (Ingram, Corben and Hosmer, 1982)
Common Mist Frog, Litoria rheocola (Liem, 1974)
Roth's Tree Frog, Litoria rothii (De Vis, 1884)
Desert Tree Frog, Litoria rubella (Gray, 1842)
Litoria rubrops (Kraus and Allison, 2004)
Sabang Tree Frog, Litoria sanguinolenta (Kampen, 1909)
Litoria singadanae (Richards, 2005)
Spotted Tree Frog, Litoria spenceri (Dubois, 1984)
Spiny Tree Frog, Litoria spinifera (Tyler, 1968)
Magnificent Tree Frog, Litoria splendida (Tyler, Davies and Martin, 1977)
New England Tree Frog or Glandular Tree Frog, Litoria subglandulosa (Tyler and Anstis, 1983)
Treasury Island Tree Frog, Litoria thesaurensis (Peters, 1877)
Menemsorae Tree Frog, Litoria timida (Tyler and Parker, 1972)
Tornier's Frog, Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923)
Tyler's Tree Frog or Southern Laughing Tree Frog, Litoria tyleri (Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn and Loftus-Hills, 1979)
Baliem River Valley Tree Frog Litoria umbonata (Tyler and Davies, 1983)
Wahai Tree Frog, Litoria vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878)
Verreaux's Tree Frog, Litoria verreauxii (Duméril, 1853)
Brown River Tree Frog, Litoria vocivincens (Menzies, 1972)
Litoria wapogaensis (Richards and Iskandar, 2001)
Stoney Creek Frog, Litoria wilcoxi (Günther, 1864)
Watjulum Frog, Litoria wotjulumensis (Copland , 1957)
Wissel Lakes Tree Frog, Litoria wisselensis (Tyler, 1968)
Highland Tree Frog, Litoria wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914)
Orange-thighed Frog, Litoria xanthomera (Davies, McDonald and Adams, 1986)
Binomial name Litoria adelaidensis Gray, 1841 The Slender Tree Frog (Litoria adelaidensis) is a tree frog native to southwestern Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria aurea Lesson, 1830 The Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea) belongs to the tree frog family, Hylidae, and was once one of the most common frogs in south-east Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria barringtonensis Copland, 1957 Distribution of the Mountain Stream Tree Frog The Mountain Stream Tree Frog, (Litoria barringtonensis) is a species of tree frog native to highland areas of NSW, Australia stretching from the Myall Lakes area, north to around Dorrigo National Park and west to Barrington Tops... Binomial name Litoria bicolor Gray, 1842 The Northern Dwarf Tree Frog, (Litoria bicolor) is a small species of tree frog native to northern Australia, from the Kimberly region of Western Australia to Bowen, Queensland and Aru Islands of Indonesia. ... Binomial name Litoria booroolongensis Moore, 1961 Current distribution of the Booroolong Frog (in black) compared to the historic distribution (in grey). ... Binomial name Litoria brevipalmata Tyler, Martin and Watson, 1972 The Green Thighed Frog, (Litoria brevipalmata) is a medium sized species of ground-dwelling tree frog. ... Binomial name Litoria burrowsae Scott, 1942 The Tasmanian Tree Frog, (Litoria burrowsae) is a species of tree frog that is found on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) Whites Tree Frog, Green Tree Frog, or Dumpy Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand and the United States. ... Binomial name Litoria chloris Boulenger, 1892 For other species commonly known as the Red-eyed Tree Frog, see Red-eyed Tree Frog Litoria chloris, also commonly known as the red-eyed tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to eastern Australia; ranging from north of Sydney to the... Binomial name Litoria citropa Duméril & Bibron, 1841 Synonyms Litoria jenolanensis Copland , 1957 The Blue Mountains Tree Frog, (Litoria citropa) is a species of tree frog native to coastal and highland areas of eastern Australia, from just south of Newcastle NSW, to eastern VIC. // Physical Description A green morph of... Binomial name Litoria revelata Tyler and Davies, 1985 Revealed Tree Frog range. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Litoria dentata Keferstein, 1790 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria dentata) is a tree frog of the genus Litoria. ... Binomial name Litoria ewingii Duméril & Bibron, 1841 Native distribution of the Brown Tree Frog The Brown tree Frog, (Litoria ewingii) is a species of tree frog native to southern New South Wales, from about Ulladulla, however the are reports of this species occurring further north. ... Binomial name Litoria fallax Peters, 1880 The Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax), is a small and very common tree frog found on the eastern coast of Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838 Litoria freycineti, is commonly known as Freycinets Frog or Wallum Rocket Frog. ... Binomial name Litoria gracilenta Peters, 1869 Distribution of the Dainty Green Tree Frog The Dainty Green Tree Frog (Litoria gracilenta) is a tree frog native to eastern Queensland, and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Litoria infrafrenata Günther, 1876 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The giant tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata), also comonly known as the white-lipped tree frog, is the largest species of tree frog on earth. ... Binomial name Litoria citropa Duméril & Bibron, 1841 Synonyms Litoria jenolanensis Copland , 1957 The Blue Mountains Tree Frog, (Litoria citropa) is a species of tree frog native to coastal and highland areas of eastern Australia, from just south of Newcastle NSW, to eastern VIC. // Physical Description A green morph of... Binomial name Litoria jervisiensis Dumeril & Bibron, 1841 Litoria jervisiensis, commonly known as the Jervis Bay Tree Frog or Curry Frog in reference to the odour this frog produces, is a species of frog associated with Wallum Swampland along the east coast of New South Wales; ranging from the Queensland border... Binomial name Litoria latopalmata Gunther, 1867 The Broad Palmed Frog (Litoria latopalmata) is an Australian ground-dwelling tree frog. ... Binomial name Litoria lesueuri Duméril & Bibron, 1841 The Lesueurs Frog, (Litoria lesueuri) is a species of ground-dwelling tree frog native to south-eastern Australia, from Sydney, New South Wales to eastern Victoria. ... Binomial name Litoria littlejohni White, Whitford & Mahony, 1994 Distribution of the Littlejohns Tree Frog. ... Binomial name Litoria lorica Davies and McDonald, 1979 Distribution of the Armoured Frog The Armoured Frog (Litoria lorica) is a species of tree frog that is in the Torrent Frog (Litoria nannotis) complex, a complex that is restricted to north-eastern Queensland, Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria moorei Copland, 1957 The Motorbike Frog (Litoria moorei) is a ground dwelling tree frog native to southwestern Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria nasuta Gray, 1842 Litoria nasuta commonly known as the Rocket Frog or Striped Rocket Frog occurs mostly in coastal areas from northern Western Australia to around Gosford in New South Wales at its southern most point, with a disjunct population occuring further south at the Sydney suburb... Binomial name Litoria nudidigitus Copland, 1962 Synonyms Litoria nudidigita The Southern Leaf Green Tree Frog (Litoria nudidigitus) is a species of tree frog native to coastal areas and the ranges of south-eastern Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria pearsoniana Copland, 1961 Distribution of the Pearsons Green Tree Frog The Pearsons Tree Frog, (Litoria pearsoniana) is a species of tree frog that inhabits rainforest creeks in from north of Lismore, New South Wales to Kenilworth, Queensland with a disjunct population at Kroombit Tops QLD... Binomial name Litoria peronii Tschudi, 1838 Perons Tree Frog, Emerald Spotted Tree Frog, Laughing Tree Frog or the Maniacal Cackle Frog (Litoria peronii) is a common Australian tree frog of the genus Litoria. ... Binomial name Litoria phyllochroa Günther, 1836 The Leaf Green Tree Frog, (Litoria phyllochroa) is a species of stream-dwelling frog, native to eastern Australia from the Queensland/New South Wales border south to Sydney. ... Binomial name Litoria piperata Tyler and Davies, 1985 Peppered Tree Frog range. ... Binomial name Litoria raniformis Keferstein, 1867 The Growling Grass Frog (Litoria raniformis), also commonly known as the Southern Bell Frog, Warty Swamp Frog and erroneously as the Golden Bell Frog is a species of ground dwelling tree frog is native to South eastern Australia; ranging from southern South Australia along... Binomial name Litoria revelata Tyler and Davies, 1985 Revealed Tree Frog range. ... Binomial name Litoria rothii De Vis, 1884 Roths Tree Frog or Northern Laughing Tree Frog (Litoria rothii) is a tree frog native to northern Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria rubella Gray, 1842 The Desert Tree Frog or Little Red Tree Frog (Litoria rubella) is a tree frog native to Australia and southern New Guinea. ... Binomial name Litoria singadanae Litoria singadanae is a species of small green tree frog in the Litoria genus. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Litoria splendida Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1977 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida) is a tree frog species that was first described in 1977. ... Binomial name Litoria tyleri Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn and Loftus-Hills, 1979 Tylers Tree Frog or the Southern Laughing Tree Frog (Litoria tyleri) is an arboreal tree frog native to eastern Australia. ... Binomial name Litoria verreauxii Duméril, 1835 Range of Verreauxs Tree Frog: Litoria verreauxii verreauxii in blue, Litoria verreauxii alpina in red. ... Binomial name Litoria wilcoxi Gunther, 1864 Female or non-breeding male colouration The Stoney Creek Frog, is a ground dwelling tree frog (of the family Hylidae, genus Litoria). ...

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