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.

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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