Dainty Green Tree Frog
Photo: Courtesy of Damon Ramsey
BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide Dainty Green Tree Frog: Litotria gracilenta
- Close relative of the Yellow-thigh Tree-frog, but differs from it by being
smaller in size.
- The hind side of the thighs can be a maroon or reddish-brown colour.
- Can adopt a inconspicuous flattened posture by holding its limbs tight against
its body, closing its eyes and retracting them, thus exposing only its leaf green
colouration.
Habitat:
- May be found on floating vegetations, on reeds in swamps and streams or in shrub
or tree foliage along rivers.
Size:
- An average of forty-five millimetres in length.
Call:
- The call is a long drawn out "waaaaaa"
Additional Information:
Courtesy of
Damon Ramsey
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A medium
sized, beautiful, bright green frog with yellowish underparts and a patch of
dark purple on the back of the legs.
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The feet are
well webbed and with very large, round toe discs.
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The eyes are
black with orange.
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These
frogs are unusual as they will often synchronize their calls so as the calls
travel further (Alford 2002), with the result that a tropical wetland with
these frogs around it can be quite deafening.
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They may also
utter a pathetic squeak if disturbed handled.
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The Graceful
Tree Frog is found in tropical streams and swamps, including wetlands quite
close to urbanization, in the northern half of the eastern coast of
Australia.
Script:
Courtesy of Damon Ramsey BSc.(Zool) Biologist Guide
Dainty
Green Tree Frogs of
the Lamington National Park
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