Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben, and Hosmer, 1982

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

Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben, and Hosmer, 1982, Mem. Queensland Mus., 20: 635. Holotype: QM J28233, by original designation. Type locality: "O'Reillys (28° 14′ S, 153° 08′ E), Lamington Plateau, SE. Queensland", Australia.

Rawlinsonia revelata — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6.

Common Names

Revealed Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 89; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 186).

Whirring Treefrog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 40).

Orange-thighed Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 60).

Distribution

Southeastern Queensland and northeastern to east-central New South Wales, Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

In the Litoria ewingii complex according to the original publication. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 40–41. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 186, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 31, provided a polygon distribution map. Webster, White, and Whiting, 2023, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 77(68): 1–11, reported on vocalization and nuptial coloration.  Price, Hoskin, Mahony, and Donnellan, 2025, Zootaxa, 5584: 301–338, revised the Litoria revelata complex, recognizing Litoria corbeni and Litoria eungellensis from within the former range of nominal Litoria revelata

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