Litoria lorica

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: This species is known to be a rainforest specialist endemic to the Wet Tropics Bioregion (Williams and Hero 1998, 2001). As a stream-dwelling/stream-breeding species (Hero and Fickling 1994) it prefers fast-flowing streams in upland rainforest between 640 and 1,000m asl (McDonald 1992), although it might be present at lower altitudes (M. Cunningham pers. comm. ). It has been found on granite boulders in notophyll vine forest in the splash zone near turbulent fast flowing water (Davies and McDonald 1979). There is no information on breeding season , timing of reproduction , or egg deposition sites. The tadpoles of the species have not been described but are thought to be torrent-adapted and similar to that of a sympatric species, Litoria nannotis (Davies and McDonald 1979). Unpigmented eggs (M. Cunningham unpubl.) are presumably laid in water under rocks in the stream.[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Litoria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 90 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. adelaidensis (Slender Tree Frog) · L. alboguttata (Striped Burrowing Frog) · L. albogutttata (Malayan Silver-Biddy) · L. andiirrmalin (Cape Melville Treefrog) · L. angiana (Angiana Treefrog) · L. arfakiana (Arfakiana Treefrog) · L. aurea (Golden Bell Frog) · L. australis (Giant Frog) · L. bicolor (Green Reed Frog) · L. booroolongensis (Booroolong Frog) · L. brevipalmata (Green-Thighed Frog) · L. brevipes (Collared Frog) · L. burrowsae (Burrows Tree Frog) · L. burrowsi (Burrows Tree Frog) · L. caerulea (Australian Green Treefrog) · L. castanea (Yellow-Spotted Tree Frog) · L. cavernicola (Cave-Dwelling Frog) · L. chloris (Red-Eyed Green Treefrog) · L. citropa (Blue Mountains Tree Frog) · L. cooloolensis (Cooloola Sedgefrog) · L. coplandi (Copland's Rock Frog) · L. cryptotis (Hidden-Ear Frog) · L. cultripes (Knife-Footed Frog) · L. cyclorhyncha (Spotted-Thighed Frog) · L. cyclorhynchus (Spotted-Thighed Treefrog) · L. dahlii (Dahl's Olive Treefrog) · L. dayi (Australian Lace-Lid) · L. dentata (Bleating Tree Frog) · L. electrica (Buzzing Tree Frog) · L. eucnemis (Lonnberg's Treefrog) · L. everetti (Everett's Treefrog) · L. ewingii (Australian Brown Treefrog) · L. exophthalmia (Big-Eyed Treefrog) · L. fallax (Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog) · L. freycineti (Freycinet's Treefrog) · L. genimaculata (Brown-Spotted Treefrog) · L. gilleni (Centralian Tree Frog) · L. gracilenta (Dainty Green Tree Frog) · L. inermis (Bumpy Rocket Frog) · (Australian Giant Treefrog) · L. jervisiensis (Heath Frog) · L. latopalmata (Broad-Palmed Rocket Frog) · L. lesueuri (LeSueur's Treefrog) · L. lesueurii (Lesueur's Frog) · L. littlejohni (Large Brown Tree Frog) · L. longipes (Long-Footed Frog) · L. longirostris (Long-Snouted Frog) · L. lorica (Armoured Frog) · L. maculosa (Daly Waters Frog) · L. maini (Mains Frog) · L. manya (Small Frog) · L. meiriana (Australian Cross-Banded Treefrog) · L. microbelos (Cairns Treefrog) · L. micromembrana (Nodugl Treefrog) · L. moorei (Western Green Tree Frog) · L. multicolor (Multi-Coloured Treefrog) · L. nannotis (Torrent Tree Frog) · L. nasuta (Australian Rocketfrog) · L. nigrofrenata (Bridle Frog) · L. novaehollandiae (New Holland Frog) · L. nyakalensis (Mountain Mistfrog) · L. olongburensis (Olongburra Frog) · L. pallida (Coastal Floodplains Treefrog) · L. paraewingi (Plains Brown Tree Frog) · L. pearsoniana (Cedar Creek Treefrog) · L. peronii (Emerald Spotted Treefrog) · L. personata (Masked Frog) · L. phyllochroa (Leaf Green River Tree Frog) · L. piperata (Peppered Tree Frog) · L. platycephala (Water-Holding Frog) · L. raniformis (Blue-Thighed Treefrog) · L. revelata (Revealed Frog) · L. rheocola (Common Mist Frog) · L. rothii (Roth's Tree Frog) · L. rubella (Desert Tree Frog) · L. spenceri (Spencer's River Tree Frog) · L. splendida (Magnificent Tree Frog) · L. subglandulosa (Gold-Striped Treefrog) · L. thesaurensis (Treasury Island Treefrog) · L. tornieri (Black-Shinned Rocketfrog) · L. tyleri (Laughing Tree Frog) · L. umarensis (Umar Treefrog) · L. vagitus (Wailing Frog) · L. verae (Vera?s Treefrog) · L. verreauxii (Alpine Tree Frog) · L. verreauxii alpina (Alpine Tree Frog) · L. verreauxii verreauxii (Verreaux's Tree Frog) · L. verrucosa (Rough Frog) · L. watjulumensis (Watjulum Mission Treefrog) · L. xanthomera (Orange-Thighed Frog)

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Further Reading

• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Barker, J., Grigg, G. and Tyler, M. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty and Sons Pty Ltd, New South Wales.
• Berger, L., Speare, R. and Hyatt, A. 1999. Chytrid fungi and amphibian declines: overview, implications and future directions. In: Campbell, A. (ed.), Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, pp. 23-33. Environment Australia, Canberra.
• Davies, M. and McDonald, K.R. 1979. A new species of stream-dwelling hylid frog from northern Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia: 169-176.
• Hero, J.-M and Fickling, S. 1994. A Guide to the Stream-Dwelling Frogs of the Wet Tropics Rainforests. James Cook University, Townsville.
• Hero, J.-M. and Fickling, S. 1994. A Guide to the Stream-Dwelling Frogs of the Wet Tropics Rainforests. James Cook University, Townsville.
• Hero, J.-M., Hines, H.B., Meyer, E., Morrison, C. and Streatfeild, C. 2002. New records of ?declining? frogs in Queensland (- April 1999). In: Natrass, R. (ed.), Frogs in the Community - Proceedings of the Brisbane Conference 13-14 February 1999, pp. 23-28. Queensland Museum.
• IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 8 October 2002.
• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
• Ingram, G.J. and McDonald, K.R. 1993. An update on the decline of Queenslands frogs. In: Lunney, D. and Ayers, D. (eds), Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline, pp. 297-303. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman.
• McDonald, K. and Alford, R. 1999. A review of declining frogs in northern Queensland. In: Campbell, A. (ed.), Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, pp. 14-22. Environment Australia, Canberra.
• McDonald, K.R. 1992. Distribution patterns and conservation status of north Queensland rainforest frogs. Conservation Technical Report No. 1, Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage, Brisbane, Australia.
• Richards, S.J., McDonald, K.R. and Alford, R.A. 1993. Declines in populations of Australia?s endemic tropical rainforest frogs. Pacific Conservation Biology: 66-77.
• Williams, S.E. and Hero, J.-M. 1998. Rainforest frogs of the Australian Wet Tropics: guild classification and the ecological similarity of declining species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: 597-602.
• Williams, S.E. and Hero, J.-M. 2001. Multiple determinants of Australian Tropical Frog Biodiversity. Biological Conservation: 1-10.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jean-Marc Hero, Michael Cunningham, Ross Alford, Keith McDonald 2004. Litoria lorica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6020291
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662921
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662921
• IUCN ID: 220072
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3977

Footnotes

1. Jean-Marc Hero, Michael Cunningham, Ross Alford, Keith McDonald 2004. Litoria lorica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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