Litoria verreauxii verreauxii
3 Whistling Tree-frog at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Litoria verreauxii alpina | ChrisM | 8 Mar 2019 |
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3 comments
9 Mar 2019
The locality here is hardly the alpine region alpina is supposed to frequent. Colour alone may not be enough to confirm this subspecies. We have had issues with this colour close to Canberra before and I am inclined to just leave it as verreauxii. Any other views on this?
12 Mar 2019
If the moderators are uncertain which way, my two cents from a conservation policy point of view - is to make new a species name in the CNM taxonomy 'Litoria verreauxii' not to subspecies level. As the alpina subsp. is listed by EPBC and in NSW the record may be of conservation significance or interest to someone. Confirming it as verreauxii verreauxii simply because it is more common, nips any further interest in that record so to speak? But up to the moderators. Also, could you comment on the dorsal 'wortiness' for future reference? Thanks - love your work recorders and moderators!
12 Mar 2019
I am not familiar with alpine from the accepted range of the sub species but your suggestion might help get around issues such as this. I looked at my verreauxii images and they all have a warty dorsal surface similar to this record.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.046814-35.844775
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2019 11:43 AM Recorded on
- ChrisM Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- My flagged sightings ChrisM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Litoria verreauxii verreauxii Frogs Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Litoria verreauxii verreauxii Scientific name
- Whistling Tree-frog Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1235.6m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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3 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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