Roth's tree frog

Roth's tree frog or northern laughing tree frog (Litoria rothii) is a frog from Australia.^[2] It lives in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.^[1][4]

Roth's tree frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pelodryadidae
Genus:	Litoria
Species:	L. rothii
Binomial name
Litoria rothii (De Vis 1884) [2]
Synonyms[3]
Hyla rothii (De Vis, 1884) Litoria rothii (Tyler, 1971) Pengilleyia rothi (Wells and Wellington, 1985)

This frog can be 6.0 cm long from nose to rear end. Each frog can change colour from very light brown during the day to dark at night. It can have black and yellow colouring on its legs and middle. It has discs on the end of each front toe.^[2]

This frog can live in many kinds of places. People have seen it in swamps and forests, but it mostly lives near rivers. People have seen it in fruit farms. Sometimes, people accidentally move this frog from place to place while it is hiding in the fruit.^[1]

This frog lays eggs in temporary bodies of water and places that are temporarily flooded. The tadpoles become frogs after 65 days.^[1] The tadpoles are yellow in colour and can grow to 6.0 cm.^[2]