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COMMON NAME: Green Tree
Frog
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Litoria Caerulea
FAMILY: Hylidae
GENUS: Salientia
STATUS: Secure
SIZE (mm): 100
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DESCRIPTION: Bright green above,
often with scattered white spots on the sides and occasionally on
the back. Often an irregular white stripe, or a series of white spots,
from the angle of the mouth to the base of the forearm. Ventral surface
white. Skin smooth or shagreen above, coarsely granular on the sides
and ventral surface, somewhat smoother on the throat. A thick, glandular,
supratympanic ridge. Vomerine teeth prominent, between and behind
the choanae. A pectoral fold. Finger and toe discs large. Fingers
about one third webbed and toes nearly three quarters webbed. A large
inner and outer metatarsal tubercle. Tympanum distinct. Second finger
longer than the first. 100 mm.
PREFERRED HABITAT: Coast to drier interior of north-western
WA, NT, Qld, SA, and NSW. Also found in Southern New Guinea.
MICROHABITAT: Found in a large variety of habitats
and is frequently found in human dwellings, lavatories, water tanks
and troughs, windmills, downpipes etc.
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