#1973 · 🐸 amphibians
Southern Brown Tree Frog
Rawlinsonia ewingii
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christopher Caine · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alan Melville · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © John Walter · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Simon Grove · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © carlywatson6163 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Mike · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Miranda · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © trudid2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © geelong-nature-nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © nyps · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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,...
base stats
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.
- 7,515 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Southern Brown Tree Frog
- scientific name
- Rawlinsonia ewingii
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Pelodryadidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,515
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pelodryadidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1633164, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.