Litoria personata Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The masked frog or masked rock frog (Litoria personata) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Wikipedia contributors, Masked 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 personata Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978
- Name authority
- Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978
- 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 personata Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978
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 nasuta (Gray, 1842) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Dryopsophus personata (Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978) (Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1978) | 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=662948 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:3VMNF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.