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Litoria

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File:Brown-green litoria caerulea.jpg
The Brown-green tree frog is one of many Litoria tree frogs.

Litoria is a genus of Hylidae tree frogs. They are native to Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccan Islands, and Timor.

Species[change]

File:EVERETT’S TIMOR TREEFROG (female) Litoria everetti Meleotegi River, Ermera District, Timor-Leste (USNM 578928).jpg
Litoria everetti
File:Litoria fallax.jpg
Litoria fallax
File:Litoria jervisiensis.JPG
Litoria jervisiensis
File:Litoria nasuta.JPG
Litoria nasuta

The following species are or were once recognised within the genus Litoria (many others have been moved to Nyctimystes and Ranoidea):[1]

References[change]

  1. "Litoria Tschudi, 1838 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  2. Anstis, Marion; Tyler, Michael J.; Roberts, Dale; Price, Luke C.; Doughty, Paul (2010). "A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) with a highly distinctive tadpole from the north-western Kimberley region of Western Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2550: 39–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2550.1.3. hdl:2440/61497.
  3. Richards, Stephen J.; Oliver, Paul M.; Krey, Keliopas; Tjaturadi, Burhan (2009). "A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 2277 (1): 1–13. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.1. S2CID 85906315.
  • Cogger, H.G. 1979. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. A. H. & A. W. REED PTY LTD ISBN 0-589-50108-9
  • Tyler, Michael J. 1992. Encyclopedia of Australian Animals: Frogs. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-15996-3

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