THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - AMPHIBIANS

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TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

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REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS

BLEATING TREE FROGS
Litoria dentata (Complex)
Distribution:- Along the east coast of Southern Queensland and NSW

Body length up to approximately 4.5CM (2")

NOTE that Litoria dentata was split into 3 similar looking species in 2021 listed below







COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

DISTRIBUTION

*Slender Bleating Tree Frog

Litoria balatus (Split from Litoria dentata)

East coast of Southern Queensland

*Robust Bleating Tree Frog

Litoria dentata (range reduced after species spilit into 3 species)

Northeastern NSW

*Screaming Tree Frog

Litoria quiritatus (Split from Litoria dentata)

East coast of NSW from around Taree, southwards to just over the Victorian border


Bleating Tree Frog Litoria dentata|
Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus) photographed inside a house at Kenilworth, Qld


Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus) photographed inside a house at Kenilworth, Qld
Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus) photographed inside a house at Kenilworth, Qld


Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus) photographed inside a house at Kenilworth, Qld
Slender Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria balatus) photographed inside a house at Kenilworth, Qld


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Bleating or screaming? Two new, very loud, frog species described in eastern Australia

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