Species Litoria caerulea (White, 1790)
Green Tree Frog
- Rana caerulea White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, with sixty five plates of non-descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Appendix. London : Debrett 299 pp. [248, pl. 33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (presumed lost, see Tyler, M.J. & Dobson, J. 1973. On the identity, authorship and fate of the type specimens of Rana cerulea. Herpetologica 29: 373–375), NSW. - Rana austrasiae Schneider, J.G. 1799. Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae. Jena : Frommani Fasc. 1 xvi 266 pp. [150] [invalid replacement name for Rana caerulea White, 1790].
- Hyla cyanea Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Paris : Levrault 70 pp. [43] [nom. nov. for Rana austrasiae Schneider, 1799].
- Rana coerulea Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Paris : Levrault 70 pp. [70] [unjustified emendation of Rana caerulea White, 1790].
- Hyla irrorata De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new species of Hyla. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 128-130 [128].
Type data:
Neotype QM J9255, Gympie, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Copland, S.J. 1962. Rediscovery of a little known Victorian frog. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 86: 258-261.
Generic Combinations
- Hyla caerulea (White, 1790).
- Litoria caerulea (White, 1790).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern New Guinea
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, swamp, tall forest, tall open shrubland, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole, breeds in swamps.
General References
Copland, S.J. 1957. Presidential address. Australian tree frogs of the genus Hyla. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 9-108 (taxonomy)
Gillies, C.D. & Peberdy, E.F. 1917. The anatomy of Hyla caerulea White. 1. The pectoral girdle and vertebral column. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 29: 45-54 (as Hyla d caerulea)
Harrison, L. 1922. On the breeding habits of some Australian frogs. The Australian Zoologist 3: 17-34
Johnson, C.R. 1971. Daily variation in the thermal tolerance of Litoria caerulea (Anura: Hylidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 40: 1109-1111
Moore, J.A. 1961. The frogs of eastern New South Wales. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 121: 149-386 (taxonomy, natural history)
History of changes
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| 04-Feb-2023 | AMPHIBIA | 23-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 03-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
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