Blue Mountains Tree Frog at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Litoria citropa | 1 Mar 2024 | wombey | ||
| Litoria citropa | 1 Mar 2024 | BrianLR | ||
| Litoria verreauxii verreauxii | 1 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 1 Mar 2024 | LisaH |
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User's notes
Look what I found while following a moth . . . the movement I caught from the corner of my eye was not an insect but a frog . . . in a bush! (then I remembered that there was probably a reason tree frogs are called 'tree' frogs)
5 comments
wombey
wrote:
1 Mar 2024
I'm not sure what to make of this one. It appears to be a young animal and there is no ewingii dorsal stripes and the tympanum is not covered by the dark stripe behind the eye. It is probably verreauxii but happy to hear other views. To be honest I am not sure what else it could be.
BrianLR
wrote:
1 Mar 2024
note the black stripe extending from snout, across eye and down the body, with the red colouration around the hind legs . This is a young citropa.
LisaH
wrote:
1 Mar 2024
Thank you both for your time. I think, @BrianLR, you made a similar observation on another sighting in the same area - sighting #4428263
AnkeMaria
wrote:
1 Mar 2024
thanks for the explanation! Initially I thought verreauxii but then the dark stripe looked too narrow and there was no dorsal pattern nor any blotches in the groin. will be more aware of these key id features now
cheers
cheers
wombey
wrote:
1 Mar 2024
I had also thought a possible citropa and based on the comments so far am happy to go with that in the absence of any further suggestions
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
Photographic Competition - best vertebrate animal image LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Litoria citropa Frogs Reptiles and Frogs
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Litoria citropa Scientific name
- Blue Mountains Tree Frog Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 703m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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