Southern Brown Tree Frog

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Southern Brown Tree Frog
Southern Brown Tree Frog
Southern Brown Tree Frog
Southern Brown Tree Frog

Southern Brown Tree Frog

Litoria ewingii


Breeding season: throughout the year, particularly in autumn and spring. Females lay 500-700 pigmented eggs in a  jelly mass, usually attached to submerged vegetation.


Details Description
Type
Amphibian
Group
Frog - Tree Frog
Other Common Names
Brown Tree Frog, Ewing's Tree Frog
Identifying Characteristics

Male 22-40 mm. Female 32-46 mm. A slender and agile species with longitudinal dorsal markings.

Distinctive Markings

Adults have a smooth light brown dorsal surface with a broad brown patch between the eyes, extending to the vent. A brown/black stripe extends from the nostril to the eye to the arm. A green form is found in in the south-east of South Australia and south-western Victoria. Rounded snout and distinct tympanum.

Diet

Carnivore. Adults feed on invertebrates.

Habitat

Flooded grasslands or marshes, swamps, roadside drains, farm dams and garden ponds. In dry periods finds shelter in thck vegetation and under logs.

Native Status
Native to Australia
Sounds
The identifying call is a series of harsh whirring notes "creeee-cree-cree-cree …".
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Hylidae
Genus
Litoria
Species
ewingii
Southern Brown Tree Frog
South-eastern South Australia, east to south-western Tasmania and southern New South Wales.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.

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