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COLUBRID SNAKES Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHON SNAKES Pythonidae

ELAPID SNAKES Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

SEA SNAKES Hydrophiinae Laticaudidae Sea Kraits

FILE SNAKES Acrochordidae

BLIND SNAKES Worm Snakes Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops

Selection of Australian Frogs

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKO LIZARDS Gekkonidae

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

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CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

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PERON'S TREE FROG
Emeraldspotted Tree Frog, Laughing Tree Frog, Maniacal Cackle Frog

Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii
Distribution: Eastern NSW and southeastern Queensland, Victoria and the Southeast of South Australia

Grows to about 5cm 7cm (2"to 3")

Litoria peronii @ Duffy 1
Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii
Peron's Tree Frog "Litoria peronii @ Duffy 1" by FroggyBeth is licensed under CC BYNCSA 2.0


Litoria peronii distribution
Approximate Distribution of Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii
Tnarg 12345 at the Englishlanguage Wikipedia, CC BYSA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons


Adult Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Winston Hills, NSW
Adult Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Winston Hills, NSW


A young Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Woodcroft SA.
A young Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Woodcroft SA.


This young Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Woodcroft SA has not absorbed its tail yet!
This young Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Woodcroft SA has not absorbed its tail yet!

Note that Peron's Tree Frogs were not recorded in the Mt. Lofty Ranges until the 1990's however they are common along the Murray River.


This young Peron's Tree Frog Pengilleyia (was Litoria) peronii) photographed at Woodcroft SA has not absorbed its tail yet!

One theory is that the ones in the Mt Lofty Ranges and Adelaide region have bred from released pets.

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