Rawlinsonia revelata (Ingram, Corben, and Hosmer, 1982)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Pelodryadidae > Genus: Rawlinsonia > Species: Rawlinsonia 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; Richards, Mahony, and Donnellan in Donnellan, Mahony, Esquerré, Brennan, Price, Lemmon, Lemmon, Günther, Monis, Bertozzi, Keogh, Shea, and Richards, 2025, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 204(2: zlaf015): 66.

Common Names

Southern Whirring Tree Frog (Anstis, 2026, Tadpoles & Frogs Australia, 3rd Ed.: 337). 

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

East coast and adjacent ranges and lowland from the Main Range and Mount Tamborine of southeastern Queensland through northeastern new South Wales and south to OUrimbay State Forest in 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 revelataAnstis, 2026, Tadpoles & Frogs Australia, 3rd Ed.: 337–339, provided an account, including adult and larval morphology, natural history, and a polygon distribution map for Australia. 

External links:

Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.