Biology:Cooloola sedge frog
| Cooloola sedge frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Litoria |
| Species: | L. cooloolensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Litoria cooloolensis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dryomantis cooloolensis — Wells and Wellington, 1985 | |
The Cooloola sedge frog or Cooloola tree frog (Litoria cooloolensis) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.
It is endemic to Australia and only known from Fraser and North Stradbroke Islands, off south-eastern Queensland.[1][2]
Habitat
It inhabits sandy coastal and island freshwater lakes and wallum creeks, with a preference for dense reed beds. It is threatened by water extraction and pollution and by tramping of the reef beds. It occurs in the Great Sandy National Park.[1]
Description
This amphibian's back is yellowish green, speckled with dark spots, and the hidden surfaces of its thighs are orange with a purple-brown stripe.[3] The belly is grainy and white in color.[4]
L. cooloolensis, like other members of the genus Litoria, has horizontal irises.
Taxonomy
Litoria cooloolensis is part of the species-group L. bicolor, which was created to accommodate 7 species from the region that had characteristics in common.
The other members of the group are: Litoria fallax in Australia; Litoria bicolor in Austrália and Papua New Guine; Litoria bibonius, Litoria contrastens, Litoria longicrus and Litoria mystax in Papua New Guine.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Hines; Ed Meyer; Jean-Marc Hero; David Newell; John Clarke (2004). "Litoria cooloolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T41032A10391210. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41032A10391210.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41032/10391210. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Litoria cooloolensis Liem, 1974". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Pelodryadinae/Litoria/Litoria-cooloolensis.
- ↑ IUCN (2004-04-30) (in en). Litoria cooloolensis: Harry Hines, Ed Meyer, Jean-Marc Hero, David Newell, John Clarke: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T41032A10391210. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2004.rlts.t41032a10391210.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41032/0. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ↑ Rowland, J. 2012. Cooloola sedgefrog, Litoria cooloolensis. Targeted species survey guidelines. Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane.
- ↑ Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen (June 2004). "Two New Treefrogs from Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea" (in en). Journal of Herpetology (2): 197–207. doi:10.1670/100-03A. ISSN 0022-1511. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1670/100-03A. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
Wikidata ☰ Q917798 entry
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