Colleeneremia rubella (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.
Desert tree frog (Litoria rubella), Northern Territory, Australia
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Open encyclopedia reference
The desert tree frog (Colleeneremia rubella), or little red tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea, and Timor. It is one of Australia's most widely distributed frogs, inhabiting northern Australia, including desert regions and much of temperate eastern Australia. It is one of the few Australian tree frogs to inhabit arid, tropical, and temperate climates.
Wikipedia contributors, Desert tree frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:43:29.355242+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Colleeneremia rubella (Gray, 1842)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1842)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pelodryadidae
- Genus
- Colleeneremia
- 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
- genusColleeneremia Wells & Wellington, 1985
- speciesColleeneremia rubella (Gray, 1842)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Colleeneremia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Colleeneremia capitula (Tyler, 1968) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colleeneremia pyrina (Purser, Doughty, Rowley, Böhme, Donnellan, Anstis, Mitchell, Shea, Amey, Mitchell et al., 2025) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colleeneremia rueppelli (Boettger, 1895) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colleeneremia pygmaea (Meyer, 1875) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colleeneremia electrica (Ingram & Corben, 1990) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colleeneremia quadrilineata (Tyler & Parker, 1974) | 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 mystacina Keferstein, 1867 Keferstein, 1867 | synonym |
| Litoria rubella (Gray, 1842) (Gray, 1842) | synonym |
| Hyla nigrogularis Keferstein, 1867 Keferstein, 1867 | synonym |
| Hyla rubella 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=1098193 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:X2WZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.