Revealed frog

Revealed frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Rawlinsonia
Species:
R. revelata
Binomial name
Rawlinsonia revelata
(Ingram, Corben & Hosmer, 1982)
Distributions of the three whirring tree frogs: R. revelata in red, R. corbeni in purple and R. eungellensis in blue.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben & Hosmer, 1982

The revealed frog, whirring tree frog, or orange-thighed treefrog (Rawlinsonia revelata) is a species of tree frog native to coastal eastern Australia.[1][2]

Description

This frog reaches 40 mm (1.6 in) in length. It is cream to red-brown on the back, with a darker band running down the middle. Males turn bright yellow in colour during the breeding season. A dark strip runs from the nostril to the shoulder, across the tympanum. The back of the legs are red and the thigh is yellow-orange. Some large black dots occur on the thigh and the backs of the legs. The belly is cream and the iris is golden.

Distribution and habitat

The revealed frog is found from south-eastern Queensland to the Central Coast of New South Wales. Older sources considered it, the Eungella whirring tree frog and the Atherton Tablelands whirring tree frog to be disjunct populations of a single species, but a 2025 study split the populations into three species.[3]

Ecology and behaviour

Males make a high-pitched whirring noise, similar to the whistling tree frog; calling occurs from spring to autumn, either from the ground or from vegetation bordering the breeding area.

References

  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2022). "Litoria revelata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T41108A78450788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T41108A78450788.en. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Litoria revelata Ingram, Corben, and Hosmer, 1982". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ Price, Luke C.; Hoskin, Conrad J.; Mahony, Michael J; Donnellan, Stephen C. (2025). "Systematic evaluation of molecular genetic, morphological and acoustic variation reveals three species in the Litoria revelata complex (Anura: Pelodryadidae)". Zootaxa. 5584 (3). Magnolia Press: 301–338. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.1. Retrieved 2026-04-06.

Further reading

  • Anstis, M. 2002. Tadpoles of South-eastern Australia. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
  • Robinson, M. 2002. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Sydney.

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