Chlorohyla is a genus of arboreal frogs in the family Pelodryadidae. These frogs are native to eastern Australia, Papua and surrounding islands. Species in the genus were previously included within the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were separated into a new genus in 2025.[1] They are small-to-medium sized frogs, all with a uniform green colour and often brightly-coloured (red or orange) eyes.
| Chlorohyla | |
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| Male orange-thighed frog, Far North Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Subfamily: | Pelodryadinae |
| Genus: | Chlorohyla Mahony, Donnellan & Richards, 2025 |
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Species
edit| Common name | Binomial name | |
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| Aru tree frog | Chlorohyla aruensis (Horst, 1883) | |
| Chlorohyla auae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004) | ||
| Chlorohyla bella (McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016) | ||
| Chlorohyla callista (Kraus, 2013) | ||
| Red-eyed tree frog | Chlorohyla chloris (Boulenger, 1892) | |
| Chlorohyla elkeae (Günther and Richards, 2000) | ||
| Chlorohyla eschata (Kraus and Allison, 2009) | ||
| Dainty green tree frog | Chlorohyla gracilenta (Peters, 1869) | |
| Chlorohyla kumae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004) | ||
| Chlorohyla robinsonae (Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008) | ||
| Wahai tree frog | Chlorohyla vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878) | |
| Orange-thighed frog | Chlorohyla xanthomera (Davies, McDonald, and Adams, 1986) |
References
edit- ↑ Donnellan, Stephen C.; Mahony, Michael J.; Esquerré, Damien; Brennan, Ian G.; Price, Luke C.; Lemmon, Alan; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Günther, Rainer; Monis, Paul; Bertozzi, Terry; Keogh, J. Scott; Shea, Glenn M.; Richards, Stephen J. (2025-06-19). "Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Paupuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (2). Oxford Academic: 1–80. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015. Retrieved 2026-04-01.