Species Litoria gracilenta (Peters, 1869)
Dainty Green Tree Frog
- Hyla gracilenta Peters, W. 1869. Mitteilung über Saurier. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 786-790 [789].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 6618, Port Mackay, QLD. - Pelodryas granulata Peters, W. 1873. Über zwei Giftschlangen aus Afrika und über neue oder weniger bekannte Gattungen und Arten von Batrachiern. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1873: 411-418 [1874 on title page] [417, pl. 1 fig. 4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 7708 2 specimens, Port Bowen, QLD [as Port Clinton]. - Hyla fordii Günther, A. 1876. Descriptions of new species of reptiles from Australia. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5: 45-47 [47].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.23.89–91, Rockhampton, QLD. - Hyla luteiventris Ogilby, J.D. 1907. A new tree frog from Brisbane. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 20: 31-32 [31].
Type data:
Holotype AM R4379 (however, the type status of this specimen is questioned by Shea, G. M. & Sadlier, R. A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91), Brisbane, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [44]
Generic Combinations
- Litoria gracilenta (Peters, 1869).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also SW New Guinea
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, nocturnal, open forest, predator, swamp, tall forest, 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)
Johnson, C.R. 1972. Diel variation in the thermal tolerance of Litoria gracilenta (Anura: Hylidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 41: 727-730
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)
Watson, G.F. & Martin, A.A. 1979. Early development of the Australian green hylid frogs, Litoria chloris, L. fallax and L. gracilenta. The Australian Zoologist 20: 259-268
History of changes
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| 04-Feb-2023 | AMPHIBIA | 08-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 16-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 31-Jan-2017 | 13-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |