Species profile—Litoria cooloolensis (Cooloola sedgefrog)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians) → Hylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=hylidae ) (tree frogs) → Litoria cooloolensis (Cooloola sedgefrog)

Photo of Litoria cooloolensis (Cooloola sedgefrog) - Hines, H.,Queensland Government,1998 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3772?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=629#imgGallery )

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=629&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=629&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=629 )

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (animals)
Class
Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians)
Family
Hylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=hylidae ) (tree frogs)
Scientific name
Litoria cooloolensis Liem, 1974
Common name
Cooloola sedgefrog
Type reference
Liem, D.S. (1974). A new species of the Litoria bicolor species group from southeast Queensland, Australia (Anura : Hylidae). Mem. Qld Mus. 17(1): 169-174.
WildNet taxon ID
629
Alternate name(s)
Cooloola spottedfrog
spotted treefrog
spotted sedgefrog
Cooloola treefrog
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Near threatened
Conservation significant
Yes
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-indicator-species/ )
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

Other resources

Photo gallery
  • Photo of Litoria cooloolensis (Cooloola sedgefrog) - Hines, H.,Queensland Government,1998 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3772?f=.jpg )
  • Photo of Litoria cooloolensis (Cooloola sedgefrog) - Hines, H.,Queensland Government,1998 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3771?f=.jpg )
  • Photo of Litoria cooloolensis (Cooloola sedgefrog) - Hines, H.,H.B. Hines DES,2007 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/25981?f=.jpg )

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=629 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=629 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.