Copland's Rock Frog

Copland's Rock Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Litoria
Species:	L. coplandi
Binomial name
Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968)[2]

Copland's Rock Frog or Saxicoline Tree Frog refers to the species Litoria coplandi, a frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Australia, in a range extending from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to Arnhem Land and a record in the north of Queensland.^[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent rivers, and rocky areas.

The IUCN Red list gives the conservation status of least concern, and notes the population trend as stable.^[1]

The publication of the species, by Tyler in 1968, was based on his study of a type collection by Copland.^[3] The collection, 29 specimens at the Western Australian Museum, was reassigned as three syntypes; for this species, Litoria watjulumensis, and Litoria peronii. The holotype for Litoria coplandi was collected at Inverway Station in the Northern Territory.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Hero, J.-M., Horner, P. & Roberts, D. 2004. Litoria coplandi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Department of the Environment and Water Resources. "Species: Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968) Copland's Rock Frog". Australian faunal Directory. Australian Government. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Litoria_coplandi. 
3. ^ Tyler, M.J. 1968. A taxonomic study of hylid frogs of the Hyla lesueuri complex occurring in north-western Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 15: 711–727 [716].