Whistling Tree Frog
The Whistling Tree Frog (Litoria verreauxii) is a small, slender tree frognative to eastern and south-eastern Australia. It belongs to the family Hylidae and the genus Litoria.Males are well known for their clear, whistling calls delivered around ponds, dams and creeks on wet nights.Taxonomy &am...
Tapping Nursery Frog
The Tapping Nursery Frog (Cophixalus infacetus) is a very small, ground-dwelling frogendemic to north-eastern Australia. It belongs to the family Microhylidae and the genus Cophixalus, a groupcommonly known as nursery frogs because many species complete development on land rather than in open wa...
Striped Rocket Frog
The Striped Rocket Frog (Litoria nasuta, also known as Ranoidea nasuta) is a fast,slender and highly agile frog native to eastern Australia. It is named for both its distinctive dark longitudinal stripeand its ability to leap extraordinary distances with explosive power.Taxonomy & NamesCommo...
Stony Creek Frog
The Stony Creek Frog is a small to medium-sized stream-dwelling tree frog from eastern Australia,most commonly associated with the species Ranoidea wilcoxii (often still referred to in older literature asLitoria wilcoxii). It belongs to the family Hylidae and the genus Ranoidea, and is closely tie...
Southern Ornate Nursery Frog
The Southern Ornate Nursery Frog is a tiny, beautifully patterned rainforest frog from eastern Australia.It belongs to a group of “nursery frogs” in which many species have largely terrestrial breeding and direct development,meaning the young can hatch as miniature frogs rather than free-swimm...
Robust Bleating Tree Frog
The Robust Bleating Tree Frog (Ranoidea robusta, sometimes still referred to asLitoria in older sources) is a medium-sized tree frog native to eastern Australia.It belongs to the family Hylidae and is part of the “bleating tree frog” group, named for the male’s loud,sheep-like call during the...
Red-eyed Tree Frog
The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) is one of the most iconic frogs ofCentral American rainforests. Belonging to the family Hylidae and the genus Agalychnis, it is instantlyrecognisable by its bright red eyes, vivid green back, blue and yellow flanks and orange or red-orange toes.It...
Rattling Nursery Frog
The Rattling Nursery Frog (Cophixalus crepitans) is a tiny ground-dwelling frogin the family Microhylidae, endemic to the rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.It is one of the so-called nursery frogs, named for their terrestrial eggs and direct-developing young,and the common nam...
Rain Whistling Frog
The Rain Whistling Frog (Austrochaperina pluvialis) is a tiny ground-dwelling frogendemic to the Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. It belongs to the family Microhylidae andis best known for the clear, whistling call given by males on warm, wet nights, when the rainforest...
Fry’s Frog
Fry’s Frog (Austrochaperina fryi), sometimes written as Fry Frog, is a small,ground-dwelling frog in the family Microhylidae. It is associated with moist forest floors in New Guineaand nearby high-rainfall regions, where it lives hidden among leaf litter and soil.Taxonomy & NamesEnglish nam...
Buzzing Nursery Frog
The Buzzing Nursery Frog is a tiny ground-dwelling frog from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.Its scientific name is Cophixalus bombiens, and it belongs to the family Microhylidae, thenarrow-mouthed frogs. The common name refers both to the male’s distinctive buzzing call and to the unusual...