“The closest-known relative of Litoria mira is the Australian green tree frog,” says Queensland Museum’s Paul Oliver, the lead author of the paper published today describing the chocolate frog. “The ...

It’s a cousin of the common Australian green tree frog. ... The frog was discovered in 2016, and researchers conducted genetic analysis to confirm it is indeed a new species.

In a remote part of Australia, researchers recently stumbled upon an unusual, blue-skinned tree frog. This individual is a rare genetic mutant of the magnificent tree frog, a large amphibian that ...

Evolutionary history of Australian tree frogs. Around 55 million years ago, Australia, Antarctica and South America were linked together as the last remnants of the southern supercontinent Gondwana.

An Eastern dwarf tree frog covered in seeds. ... The frogs that Gould spotted were Litoria fallax, or Eastern dwarf tree frogs, a small green species native to Australia’s east coast.

The new species of tree frog is found along Australia’s northern coast. Its range stretches across the provinces of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, the study said.