Recovery Plan for the Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria spenceri)

This document constitutes the formal New South Wales Recovery Plan for the Spotted Tree Frog Litoria spenceri, and as such considers the conservation requirements of the species across its known range within the State.

Date
1 July 2001
Publisher
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Type
Publication, Recovery plan
Cost
Free
Language
English
Tags
  • ISBN 0-73136-2128
  • File PDF 451KB
  • Pages 21
  • Name spotted-tree-frog-litoria-spenceri-recovery-plan.pdf

The Spotted Tree Frog is listed as Endangered (Schedule 1, Part 1) on the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and Endangered on the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

The species, which grows between 50-60 mm in length, has a back which ranges in colour from pale brown to bright green to olive-grey, usually with numerous raised small ‘warts’. In contrast its underbelly is pale and granular, and often flushed with pale orange toward the rear and underside of the hind limbs.