Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Pelodryadidae > Ranoidea > Ranoidea mooreiRanoidea moorei (Western green-and-golden bell frog)Synonyms: Dryopsophus moorei; Hyla moorei; Litoria moorei The motorbike frog (Litoria moorei) is a frog well known in Southwest Australia. It is a ground-dwelling tree frog of the Hylidae family, one of only three species of hylids occurring in that region. Its common name comes from the male frog's mating call, which sounds similar to a motorbike changing up through gears; it is also known as Moore's frog, the Western bell frog, the Western green and golden bell frog, and the Western green tree frog. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 8.8 EDGE Score: 2.28 |
Adult Weight [1] | 12.08 grams | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 3.15 inches (8 cm) |
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Land Use |
Esperance mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Southwest Australia savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Southwest Australia woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data. ♦ 2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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