Verreaux's Frog

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Verreaux's Frog
Verreaux's Frog

Verreaux's Frog

Litoria verreauxii verreauxii

Breeding season: late winter to autumn. Females lay 500-1,000 pigmented eggs in a jelly mass, generally attached to submerged vegetation.

Details Description
Type
Amphibian
Group
Frog - Tree Frog
Other Common Names
Whistling Tree Frog
Identifying Characteristics

Male 27-36 mm. Female 32-36 mm. A small pale brown ground dwelling frog with a dark brown stripe from the snout through the eye to the arm. Some dark brown or black markings on the side of the body.
Distinctive Markings

Adults have a pale mid-vertebral stripe which bisects a slightly darker brown patch. Slightly pointed snout and indistinct tympanum.
Diet

Carnivore. Adults feed on invertebrates.
Habitat

Open grassland near permanent water.
Native Status
Native to Australia
Sounds
The identifying 'whistling' call is a rapid "tweee tweee tweee twee twee … ".
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Hylidae
Genus
Litoria
Species
verreauxii verreauxii
Verreaux's Frog
South-eastern Victoria, eastern New South Wales and extreme south-eastern Queensland.

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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