Litoria tyleri
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Tyler's tree frog or the southern laughing tree frog (Pengilleyia tyleri) is an arboreal species of tree frog. It is native to eastern Australia where it occurs from south-eastern Queensland to the southern coast of New South Wales. It is generally a coastal species and is not found inland.
The specific name tyleri honours Michael J. Tyler, an Australian herpetologist. This frog is grey-brown to fawn (of various shades) on its dorsal surface, and a whitish-yellow on its ventral surface. Females are larger than males and reach a maximum size of about 50 mm. It has green flecks on the back. The iris is golden in colour and it has cross-shaped pupils. This species is very similar to the Peron's tree frog, (Pengilleyia peronii). The easiest way to tell them apart is by call, but P. peronii has strong black and yellow marbling in the thighs, armpits, hands and feet. P. tyleri has only faint yellow and brown marbling in the legs and armpits, lacking marbling in the hands and feet. This species lacks a strong black line above the tympanum, this line is present in P. peronii. As it is an arboreal frog, the toe pads are larger than its toes and fingers... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tyler's Tree Frog sighting in Springbrook National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 11 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tyler's Tree Frog in Springbrook National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–November, the lowest months. That is one of Springbrook National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 45 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tyler's Tree Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Springbrook National Park, in our data
Springbrook National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tyler's Tree Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Litoria
The closest relatives of the Tyler's Tree Frog that you can see in Springbrook National Park (genus Litoria) are Eastern Dwarf Treefrog (about 10%) and Peron's Tree Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tyler's Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Springbrook National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
