Listen to the southern brown tree frog
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About the southern brown tree frog
The southern brown tree frog is a amphibian in the family Hylidae (order Anura). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the southern brown tree frog sound like?
Frog and toad calls are produced by males, who inflate a vocal sac to amplify the sound. Choruses are loudest on warm, humid nights in the breeding season, and each species' call has its own pitch, rhythm and pulse rate.
The recordings here are labelled as litoria ewingii. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The southern brown tree frog (Rawlinsonia ewingii), also known as the brown tree frog, whistling tree frog, or Ewing's tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia: most of southern Victoria, eastern South Australia, southern New South Wales from about Ulladulla—although the species is reported to occur further north—and throughout Tasmania, including the Bass Strait Islands, in which state it is the most frequently encountered frog. It has been introduced to New Zealand, where it can be locally abundant.
Related frogs & amphibians in the genus Litoria
More from the family Hylidae
European tree frog
Hyla arborea
American green tree frog
Hyla cinerea
Gray treefrog
Hyla versicolor
Dryophytes gratiosus
Hyla gratiosa
Spring peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Cope's gray treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis
Southern cricket frog
Acris gryllus
Bird-voiced tree frog
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Scinax granulatus
Scinax granulatus
Upland chorus frog
Pseudacris feriarum
Frequently asked questions
What does a southern brown tree frog sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the southern brown tree frog on this page, including its litoria ewingii. Frog and toad calls are produced by males, who inflate a vocal sac to amplify the sound.
Is the southern brown tree frog endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the southern brown tree frog as “least concern”.
What family does the southern brown tree frog belong to?
The southern brown tree frog (Litoria ewingii) belongs to the family Hylidae in the order Anura.
Sources & credits
- Litoria ewingii by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q534294 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Southern brown tree frog – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Noodle snacks – CC BY-SA 3.0