Species profile—Litoria dahlii (northern waterfrog)

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 dahlii (northern waterfrog)

Photo of Litoria dahlii (northern waterfrog) - McDonald, K.,Queensland Government,1998 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3773?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=631#imgGallery )

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=631&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=631&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=631 )

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 dahlii (Boulenger, 1896)
Common name
northern waterfrog
Type reference
Boulenger, G.A. (1896). Descriptions of a new snake and a new frog from north Australia. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 867 [867 pl 49 fig 2].
WildNet taxon ID
631
Synonym(s)
Dryopsophus dahlii
Ranoidea dahlii
Alternate name(s)
Dahl's aquatic frog
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
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

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=631 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=631 ).

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.