Revealed Frog

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Revealed Tree Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Genus: Litoria Species: L. revelata
Binomial name
Litoria revelata Tyler and Davies, 1985
Revealed Tree Frog range.
Synonyms
Litoria corbeni (Atherton Tableland population)

The Revealed Tree Frog or Whirring Tree Frog, (Litoria revelata) is a species of tree frog native to coastal eastern Australia.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Physical description 3 Ecology and behaviour 4 References

[edit] Distribution

It is distributed in 4 separated populations. Two populations occur exclusively in Queensland these are the most northern population occurs in Atherton Tableland in northern QLD, another population occurs in the Clarke Range in mid-northern QLD. There is a population on the boarder on QLD and NSW, this population is from Ballina, NSW to Tamborine National Park, QLD. The most southern population, also the largest, occurs in mid-northern New South Wales. This population is distributed between Ourimbah, in the south and the Myall Lakes National Park in the north, there is also a population around Port Macquarie, however this is part of the southern population. These 4 population may represent more than one species.

[edit] Physical description

This frog reaches 40mm in length. It is cream to red-brown on the back, with a darker band running down the middle. Males go bright yellow in colour during the bredding season. There is a dark strip running from the nostril to the shoulder, through the tympanum. The back the legs are red and the thigh is yellow-orange. There are some large black dots in the thigh and back of leg. The belly is cream and the iris is golden.

[edit] Ecology and behaviour

This species is associated with dams, ditches, swamps and still areas of streams in heathland, wet or dry sclerophyll forest and rainforest. Males make a high pitched whirring noise, similar to the Verreaux's Tree Frog, calling occurs from spring to autumn, either from the ground or from vegetation boardering the breeding area.

[edit] References

• Red List
• Frogs Australia Network-frog call available here.
• Anstis, M. 2002. Tadpoles of South-eastern Australia. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
• Robinson, M. 2002. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Sydney.