Litoria rubella
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Desert Treefrog
Also known as:
Naked Treefrog, Red Treefrog, Seagull Frog, Little Red Treefrog, Brown Treefrog
Unlike most of Australias treefrogs, this species ranges far into the dry interior. But it also makes it up into the tropical areas that we visited.
Ive written up an account of this three-week trip to Australia here.
This frog ranges across more than half of Australia, and will no doubt eventually be split into multiple species. It was easy to find dozens of them on the boulders and in the water at Ormiston Gorge.
This photo is from the following night, at the same spot as the previous photo. I wonder if that one downward-facing frog has been stuck there for at least 24 hours.
Printed references:
- Barker, J., Grigg, G. C., Tyler, M. J. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition