Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Litoria nasuta, Rocket Frog from en:Piggabeen, NSW en:Australia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The striped rocket frog (Litoria nasuta), or in its native range known as the rocket frog, is a species of frog that occurs mostly in coastal areas from northern Western Australia to around Gosford in New South Wales at its southernmost point, with a disjunct population occurring further south at the Sydney suburb of Avalon. It also inhabits the southern lowlands and south east peninsula of Papua New Guinea.
Wikipedia contributors, Striped rocket frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:03:58.971295+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1842)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pelodryadidae
- Genus
- Litoria
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyPelodryadidae Günther, 1858
- genusLitoria Tschudi, 1838
- speciesLitoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Litoria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Litoria nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria pallida Davies, Martin & Watson, 1983 | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria watjulumensis (Copland, 1957) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria spaldingi (Hosmer, 1964) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria axillaris Doughty, 2011 | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria coplandi (Tyler, 1968) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria freycineti Tschudi, 1838 | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria inermis (Peters, 1867) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867 | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria personata Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978 | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria staccato Doughty & Anstis, 2007 | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hyla peninsulae De Vis, 1884 De Vis, 1884 | synonym |
| Litoria peninsulae (De Vis, 1884) (De Vis, 1884) | synonym |
| Hyla nasuta (Gray, 1842) (Gray, 1842) | synonym |
| Hyla semoni Boettger, 1894 Boettger, 1894 | synonym |
| Pelodytes nasutus Gray, 1842 Gray, 1842 | synonym |
| Hyla nasula (Gray, 1842) (Gray, 1842) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=662936 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3VMMQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.