Tablelands Bell Frog

Tablelands Bell Frog

Taxobox
name = Yellow-spotted Tree Frog


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hylidae
genus = "Litoria"
species = "L. castanea"
binomial = "Litoria castanea"
binomial_authority = Steindachner, 1867
synonyms = "Litoria flavipunctata" Courtice & Grigg, 1975

"Litoria flavipunctata" Steindachner, 1867

"Litoria castanea" is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Common names for the species include Yellow-spotted Tree Frog, New England Swamp Frog, a Yellow-spotted Bell Frog.Litoria moorei is a member of the "Litoria aurea" complex, being distinguished by cream markings on its thighs. The overall colour is pale green and the dark to black spots are highlighted by the bronze patches.The toes are entirely webbed, the species favouring permanent water bodies.The species faces a number of factors which may lead to its extinction, it is critically endangered by changes in land use, primarily agriculture. The estimated number of remaining individuals is less than 1000, or extinct, no recorded sighting has been made since 1975.

References

* Hines, H., Lemckert, F. & Robertson, P. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12145/all Litoria castanea] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
*cite web | url = http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=138 | title = Litoria castanea | accessdate = 2007-12-04 | author = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date= 05-02-23 | work = Australian Frog Database | publisher = Frogs Australia Network | quote =

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