Litoria cooloolensis Liem, 1974

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Pelodryadinae > Genus: Litoria > Species: Litoria cooloolensis

Litoria cooloolensis Liem, 1974, Mem. Queensland Mus., 17: 169. Holotype: QM J22646, by original designation. Type locality: "Lake Coolamera, Cooloola, SE Queensland", Australia.

Dryomantis cooloolensisWells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 5.

English Names

Cooloola Sedgefrog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222).

Cooloola Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 120).

Cooloola Tree Frog (Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 52).

Cooloola Sedge Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 120).

Distribution

Southeastern Queensland in Cooloola National Park on Fraser Island, as well as on North Stradbroke Island, Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

In the Litoria bicolor group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 14. See also Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 108. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 257. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 52–53. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 24, provided a polygon distribution map.

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