+ 1 based on locality and eye, apart from colour and pattern.
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I'd say it's Lit.peronii what feature did the key use to say it was Litoria tylerii? Also if you want absolute surety a photograph of the leg stretched out showing the groin and thigh region from above is necessary.
Josh, Litoria tylerii almost always have diamond spots and can also have a diamond pupil although usually less pronounced. Neither are key identifying characteristics and the diamond spots shouldn't even be considered. Because the shot is taken in the day it's colour is of no help as both frogs turn the same colour in the day. Due to locality it should be L.peronii but I prefer to see a key identifying characteristic before being sure, especially since frogs are so good at being transported to places they shouldn't.
I take your point, and I do consider distribution (although I actually didn't look till after my first post here cause they said they keyed it to Tyler's leading me to assume it was withing range), but Lit.peronii aren't supposed to occur around Melbourne and they certainly do.Its a Litoria peroni. L. tyleri doesn't occur in central Vic.
I take your point, and I do consider distribution (although I actually didn't look till after my first post here cause they said they keyed it to Tyler's leading me to assume it was withing range), but Lit.peronii aren't supposed to occur around Melbourne and they certainly do.
I am a little uncertain what you are correcting here... that I did not state that the skin fold is only EDGED in black? or are you saying L. tyleri lacks this fold entirely? ....Bluetongue1 the skin fold is known as the supratympanic fold which is edged with black in L. peronii which L.tyleri lacks.
We deliberately did not discuss colours on the proximal region of limbs and associated trunk areas as these were not visible. Also, I have very deliberately steered away from the use of comparative terms as these are dependent upon an individual's experience and interpretation. I trust you will forgive me if I rephrase the colouring information in more absolute terms....... I also believe that L.tyleri has yellow armpits, groin and back of the thighs but in L. peronii is a stronger yellow marbled with black (I have seen pics of tyleri with black specs on the groin region but it's not as vibrant nor extensive.
As Geckophotographer pointed out in an earlier post, L. tyleri also has a cross-shaped pupil, though generally not as distinct as L. peroni. So the question was, if we ignored distribution, what other features could we use to distinguish between L. peroni and L. tyleri? Unfortunately that question was tacitly understood rather than explicitly stated. I suspect this accounts for the efforts to ensure the correct identification. None-the-less, the input is definitely appreciated.....The silver iris, cross-hair pupil, black edging to supratympanic fold and distribution indicates it cannot be anything other than L. peroni...
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