Our Animals

Wilbur’s Wildlife is the home of two centralian tree frogs. We have a male and a female known as Marschall and Lily. Both regularly appear in our presentations and at events. Marschall is also regularly heard croaking while he is out at displays.

Appearance

The Centralian tree frog is a green to olive green colour. Throughout the day they can change to appear darker to an almost black colour.T heir underside is white. Their back is patterned with a range of white spots.

Their feet are webbed, and the hands are partially webbed.

Females are up to 8cm long which makes them larger than the males who typically measure up to 6.2cm.

Diet

They feed on a range of small invertebrates.

Habitat

Centralian tree frogs are found only in the Northern Territory in Australia. They reside in an area of the MacDonnell ranges close to the South Australian border.

Here they live in rocky gorges, wetland and shrubland where there are permanent or temporary water sources.

Reproduction

These frogs follow your typical frog life cycle. They start out as an egg and then hatch in to a tadpole. They spend time swimming in the water before metamorphosing in to an adult frog.

Specific information on their breeding habits is at present unavailable.

Behaviour

Their slow call sounds like a bark.

Centralian tree frogs are primarily active by night. During the day they hide under rocks.

Threats

The IUCN has not identified any threats which affect the Centralian tree frog.

How you can help

Frog species across Australia are under threat from environmental pollution. Though this does not affect the Centralian tree frog a range of species in urban areas are under threat. To help this you can ensure you do not tip chemicals down the sink as these can pollute our waterways.

Quick Facts

The Centralian tree frog is also known as Gillens tree frog.