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#1941 · 🐸 amphibians

Green Tree Frog

Pelodryas caerulea

🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Green Tree Frog, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Australian green tree frog ( Pelodryas caerulea ), also known as simply green tree frog in Australia, White's tree frog , or dumpy tree frog , is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in the United States and New Zealand, though the latter is believed to have died out. It is morphologically similar to some other members of its family, particularly the magnificent tree frog ( P. splendida ) and the white-lipped tree frog...

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 15,082iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 15,082 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Green Tree Frog
scientific name
Pelodryas caerulea
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Pelodryadidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
15,082
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
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relatives· Pelodryadidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1633145, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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