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 corbeni Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 6. Holotype: QM J30116, by original designation. Type locality: "Milla Milla Lookout, Atherton, Tableland, north-east Queensland", Australia. Nomen nudum. 

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

English Names

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).

Revealed Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 89).

Distribution

Southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, and isolated localities on the north-central Queensland coast, 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. 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.  

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