Whistling Tree-frog (Litoria verreauxii verreauxii) is widespread and common across eastern Australia. A terrestrial species with relatively poor climbing ability.
Current conservation status: Common.
Family: Hylidae
Appearance: Light brown to red brown above, with an often indistinct, broad, darker patch starting between the eyes and continuing over the back. A dark band starting at the nostril runs across the eye and down to the shoulder, underlined by a white line starting at the mouth. The thighs and backs of the legs are red with small black spots, with some larger black spots present on the fronts of the thighs. Green coloured forms (see image) have been sighted at Garuwanga near Nimmitabel and other, higher elevation locations.
Length: 30 to 35mm.
Breeding: Males commence calling in May or June, when winter rains have filled farm dams and other breeding pools, and if weather remains moist, breed through until October or November.
Habitat: The Whistling Tree-frog is found in open valleys and cleared pasture country in the region, particularly in areas where there are large shallow pools and stock ponds, During the non-breeding season, they are secretive and rarely seen. Individuals may sometimes be found beneath logs and tussocks or under flat stones in streambeds, or in rocky areas near streams.
Distribution: Abundant in the region.
Biology: Males usually call whilst partially submerged, or floating in water. Amplexus takes place in the water and eggs are wound around submerged vegetation in large jelly-like clumbs. Tadpoles can be found in pools during late spring and early summer, Metamorphosis occurs in early summer with newly emerged froglets being about 15mm in length.
Call: A repeated whistling "cree...cree...cree...cree...cree...". Males call from pond-side vegetation or from the ground all year round, but calling intensifies during autumn and spring and after rain. As its name implies, it makes a whistling noise.
Litoria verreauxii verreauxii is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Hunter Region
Species page sighting lists are under redevelopment and will return very soon.
Maps
Aranda Bushland Banksia Street Wetland Corridor Barracks Flat Drive Reserve Bendora Reservoir Black Flat at Corrowong Boro Brindabella National Park Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Central Molonglo City Renewal Authority Area Conder Community Wetlands Cooleman Ridge Coornartha Nature Reserve Corin Reservoir Dangelong Nature Reserve Dunlop Grasslands Gang Gang at Yass River Genoplesium vernale target area Gibraltar Pines Gigerline Nature Reserve Giralang Wetlands Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Goulburn Mulwaree Council Gungaderra Creek Ponds Gungaderra Grasslands Gungahlin Pond Holder Wetlands Jarramlee Pond Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Kosciuszko National Park Kowen Escarpment Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Lower Cotter Catchment Lyneham Wetland Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mt Holland Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Nadjung Mada NR Namadgi National Park Percival Hill Point Hut to Tharwa Scabby Range Nature Reserve Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Sullivans Creek, O'Connor The Pinnacle The Ridgeway Reserve Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Top Hut TSR Tuggeranong Homestead A.C.T. Tuggeranong Pines Umbagong District Park Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Watson Woodlands Woodstock Nature Reserve Yerrabi PondPlaces
Anembo, NSW Braidwood, NSW Bullocks Flat, NSW Bungendore, NSW Cabramurra, NSW Campbell, ACT Captains Flat, NSW Dunlop, ACT Googong, NSW Hackett, ACT Krawarree, NSW Murrumbateman, NSW Throsby, ACT Watson, ACT