Litoria quiritatus
4 Screaming Tree Frog at Penrose, NSW
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| Litoria quiritatus | PatrickCampbell | 11 Jun 2022 | |
| Litoria quiritatus | PatrickCampbell | 29 Mar 2022 | |
| Litoria quiritatus | Aussiegall | 31 Jan 2022 |
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These frogs were in a bathtub in the paddock and were making the call of a Screaming Tree frog although they stopped when we got close. I have never seen them this colour before, the ones I have seen previously have been brown with darker brown markings on them. Someone told me that they are this yellow/green colour during the breeding season?
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29 Mar 2022
As you've heard, the yellow colouration is sometimes observed in breeding males of this species, although this specimen lacks most, if not all patterning, which I haven't seen before. Other than that there's nothing that I can see that suggests anything other than L. quiritatus. Since you heard the call and it's so distinctive, I think it's reasonable to at least pencil this in as this species.
Location information
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Aussiegall Recorded by
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Litoria quiritatus Scientific name
- Screaming Tree Frog Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685m Recorded at altitude
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