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Green Tree Frog

Pelodryas caerulea

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 1,386, February 1,077, March 1,013, April 888, May 485, June 267, July 192, August 209, September 494, October 951, November 1,155, December 1,251.
Australia9,368
Queensland6,132
New South Wales2,311
Northern Territory588
Western Australia329
Victoria5
South Australia3
Indonesia3
Central Java2
Papua1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyPelodryadidae
GenusPelodryas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Green Tree Frog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.