Litoria pearsoniana

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Overview

Threatened

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater

Ecology: This species occurs in shaded rainforest gullies and closed forest in association with fast-flowing rocky streams . It hides amongst rocks and thick vegetation, or is active at night on the ground and on low shrubs bordering streams. In winter adults form aggregations under rocks. Breeding occurs in spring and summer, and oviposition occurs in shallow water in quiet pools . About 360-730 eggs are laid cemented to rocks, twigs or the pool floor. The larvae metamorphose after 2-2.5 months.[1]


List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Litoria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 172 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

L. adelaidensis (Slender Tree Frog) · L. alboguttata · L. albogutttata (Malayan Silver-Biddy) · L. albolabris · L. amboinensis · L. andiirrmalin (Cape Melville Treefrog) · L. angiana · L. angularis · L. arfakiana · L. aruensis · L. auae · L. aurea (Golden Bell Frog) · L. aurea aurea · L. australis · L. barringtonensis · L. becki · L. bibonius · L. bicolor (Green Reed Frog) · L. bicolor group · L. booroolongensis (Booroolong Frog) · L. brevipalmata (Green-Thighed Frog) · L. brevipoda · L. brongersmai · L. bulmeri · L. burrowsae (Burrows Tree Frog) · L. caerulea (Australian Green Tree Frog) · L. capitula · L. castanea (Yellow-Spotted Tree Frog) · L. cavernicola (Cave-Dwelling Frog) · L. chloris (Red-Eyed Green Treefrog) · L. chloronota · L. citropa (Blue Mountains Tree Frog) · L. congenita · L. contrastens · L. cooloolensis (Cooloola Sedgefrog) · L. coplandi (Copland's Rock Frog) · L. corbeni · L. cyclorhyncha (Lantern Fish) · L. cyclorhynchus (Spotted-Thighed Frog) · L. dahli · L. dahlii (Dahl's Aquatic Frog) · L. darlingtoni · L. daviesae · L. dayi · L. dentata (Bleating Tree Frog) · L. dorsalis · L. dorsivena · L. electrica (Buzzing Tree Frog) · L. elkae · L. elkeae · L. eucnemis (Fringed Tree Frog) · L. eucnemis-x · L. everetti · L. ewingi · L. ewingii (Southern Brown Tree Frog) · L. exophthalmia · L. fallax (Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog) · L. flavescens · L. freycineti (Freycinet's Frog) · L. fritinnientis · L. genimaculata (Green-Eyed Treefrog) · L. gilleni (Centralian Tree Frog) · L. glandulosa · L. glauerti · L. gracilenta (Dainty Green Tree Frog) · L. graminea · L. granulosa · L. grisea · L. havina · L. hoiebiana · L. impura · L. inermis (Bumpy Rocket Frog) · L. infrafrenata (Giant Treefrog) · L. infrafrenata infrafrenata · L. infrafrenata infrafreneta · L. infrafrenata militaria · L. iris · L. javana · L. jenolanensis · L. jervisiensis (Heath Frog) · L. jeudii · L. jungguy · L. kumae · L. latopalmata (Broad-Palmed Frog) · L. lesueuri (Stony Creek Frog) · L. lesueurii (Lesueur's Frog) · L. leucova · L. littlejohni (Heath Frog) · L. longicrus · L. longirostris (Long-Snouted Frog) · L. lorica (Armoured Frog) · L. louisiadensis · L. lutea · L. macki · L. macrops · L. maculata · L. majikthise · L. meiriana (Rockhole Frog) · L. microbelos (Javelin Frog) · L. micromembrana

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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.
• Cogger, H.G. 1992. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books, New South Wales.
• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Hines, H., Mahony, M. and McDonald, K. 1999. An assessment of frog declines in Wet Subtropical Australia. In: A. Campbell (ed.), Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs. Environment Australia.
• Hines, H.B. and the South-east Queensland Threatened Frogs Recovery Team 2002. Recovery plan for stream frogs of south-east Queensland 2001-2005. In: Report to Environment Australia, Canberra. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane, Australia.
• McDonald, K.R. and Davies, M. 1990. Morphology and Biology of the Australian Tree Frog Litoria pearsoniana (Anura: Hylidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 114(3): 145-156.
• McGuigan, K., McDonald, K., Parvis, K. and Moritz, C. 1998. Mitochondrial DNA diversity and historical biogeography of a wet-forest restricted frog (Litoria pearsoniana) from mid-east Australia. Molecular Ecology 7: 175-186.

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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Hero, J.-M., Meyer, E. & Clarke, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Hero, J.-M., Meyer, E. and Clarke, J. 2004. Litoria pearsoniana. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9072874
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-662946
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 662946
• IUCN ID: 12150
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7005

Footnotes

1. Hero, J.-M., Meyer, E. & Clarke, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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