Species Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyla moorei 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 [83].

  Type data:

   Lectotype WAM R5981, Pemberton, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [46].

 

Generic Combinations

• Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Amphibious, noctidiurnal, open forest, open heath, predator, swamp, tall forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole, general carnivore.

 

General References

Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73 (natural history)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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