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Whistling tree frog
Litoria ewingi
-41.1963, 146.378
Field Notes
Description:
This species reaches 45 mm in length. It is pale to dark brown on the dorsal surface, with a broad darker patch starting at the eyes and covering the majority of the back. There is a dark band starting at the nostril which runs through the eye and tympanum to the shoulder, and there is a pale white stripe below this which runs from the mouth to the arm. The back of the thighs are red, there is no black marbling present (except specimens from the Adelaide region), distinguishing this species from the similar Verreaux's Tree Frog, (Litoria verreauxii). Some specimens from western Victoria and south eastern South Australia can be partially or entirely green. The belly is cream.
Habitat:
This frog is abundant in parks and reserves around any still bodies of water. Also in forest, farmland, heathland, alpine and surburban areas. Occuring throughout Tasmania, including Bass Strait Islands, where it is the most frequently encountered frog in that state. It is native to Southern Victoria, southern New south Wales and eastern South Australia.
Notes:
Found on my bathroom floor camouflaged in cat fluff. Washed and released near a tree and dam.
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