Litoria fallax
Copyright © Hal Cogger
Litoria fallax tadpoles
Copyright © Marion Anstis
Distribution map
Distribution Map of Litoria fallax
Copyright © Hal Cogger
Status
IUCN Classification:
Not listed
(International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Bioregion occurrence:
(this is not a distribution map)
State occurrence:
Links
- Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Queensland Environmental Protection Agency page on Litoria fallax
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Litoria fallax
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Eastern Sedgefrog; Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Description: This frog is all green, green with fawn legs or all fawn. A white stripe runs from underneath the eye to the base of the arm. The backs of the thighs and the groin are orange. The belly is granular and the skin on the back is smooth. The toes are three-quarters webbed and the toe pads are large.
Size: 25 mm
Habitat: This frog lives in swamps, lagoons and dams, where it is often found on reeds and floating plants. Away from water this frog is also found on the leaves of Pandanus, banana and pineapple plants.
Call: A high pitched "wr-e-e-ek, wr-e-e-ek, wr-e-e-ek" repeated many times.Call available in 
Windows Media or 
Quicktime audio. Recording Copyright © David Stewart.
Breeding: Males call mainly during spring and summer. Breeding occurs in dams, ponds and swamps with lots of vegetation.
Eggs: The female lays a small cluster of eggs onto a stem and the male quickly fertilizes them. The cluster either sinks into the water or sticks to the vegetation.
Tadpoles: Are small and range in colour from clear gold, olive brown, dark brown or mottled. As these tadpoles develop their colour changes to bright green.
Similar species: This frog can be distinguished from Litoria cooloolenis by its lack of spots and orange thighs.
Conservation Information
Suspected threatening processes
- None stated
Population size: An estimate of the total number of adults present in the species entire range is >50000 individuals. Factors affecting population size and distribution are unknown or unsubstantiated.
Population trend in Australia over the past 50 years: Population size stable or suspected to be stable or increasing.
Knowledge of population trend in Australia: Monitored locally.
Population concentration: Not known to concentrate or exist in discrete locations. (e.g. the number of sites in which individuals group together either seasonally, such as breeding sites, or they may occupy discrete habitat patches within the broader landscape, such as discrete water bodies or drainage units.)
Ongoing management activities in Australia: None directed primarily at the taxon.
Reproductive potential for recovery: The average number of eggs deposited per adult female per year is 201-1000 eggs/female/year. Minimum age at which females are known or suspected to first reproduce is <2 years.
Range size in Australia: The size of the geographic area over which the taxon is distributed: 80,001-1,000,000 km² (up to 12% area of Australia or about the area of South Australia).
Distribution trend: Area occupied is stable or has increased. (This is an estimate of change in the portion of the total range that is occupied or utilised; it may not equal the change in total range.)
Knowledge of distribution in Australia: Broad range limits or habitat associations are known, but local occurrence cannot be predicted accurately.
References
Anstis, M. 2002. Tadpoles of South-eastern Australia. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
Barker, J., G.C. Grigg and M.J. Tyler. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton.
Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. Reed Books: Sydney.
Robinson, M. 2002. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Sydney.