In November 2021 Scientists have found and described a new frog species from eastern Australia. Genetic and call analyses along with differences in appearance officially declares that the bleating tree frog (Litoria dentata) is three different species along with Litoria balatus and Litoria quiritatus.
Lead scientist for the FrogID App and biologist Dr Jodi Rowley and colleagues analysed the calls. This app gives residents the ability to submit frog calls from around Australia. Calls submitted through the app and scientific genetic work have been used to confirm the new species. The paper’s publication coincides with the end of FrogID Week 2021, which ran in November 2021. – https://www.frogid.net.au/.
The screaming tree frog – Litoria quiritatus has a bright yellow vocal sac and typically has a red upper eye colour. I photographed this one around Coila Lake in Tuross Head, a small town on the southern coast of NSW, it is also found from Taree, NSW along the north coast to the border into Victoria in the south.
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