Litoria umbonata

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: It was recorded in grassland and rural gardens, and was observed breeding in permanent pools .[1].

List of Habitats :

•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.7     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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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.
• Günther, R. 2003. Notable distribution records of New Guinea frog species and genera beyond their known ranges (Amphibia: Anura). Faunistische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden: 209-216.
• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
• Tyler, M.J. and Davies, M. 1983. A new species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from Irian Jaya, New Guinea. Copeia: 803-808.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• 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.
• Richards, S. & Günther, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Stephen Richards, Rainer Gnther 2004. Litoria umbonata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27531
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662971
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662971
• IUCN ID: 220154
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 144516

Footnotes

1. Stephen Richards, Rainer Günther 2004. Litoria umbonata. 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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