Colleeneremia is a genus of arboreal frogs in the family Pelodryadidae. These frogs are native to central, eastern and northern Australia; New Guinea and surrounding islands, and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. They are small-to-medium-sized frogs, inhabiting a very wide range of habitats, from the central deserts of Australia to New Guinea rainforests.
Species in the genus were previously included within the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were separated into the resurrected genus Colleeneremia in 2025. A separate 2025 study found that the Australian Colleeneremia rubella were in fact three distinct species, with one species spread across much of arid central Australia and the tropical savannah in northern Australia. A second species, the western desert tree frog, is found in central western Australia and the third, the ruddy tree frog, is found in Cape York Peninsula and east of the Great Dividing Range.
Species Common nameBinomial nameSlender bleating tree frogColleeneremia balatus Samlakki treefrogColleeneremia capitula Yule Island treefrogColleeneremia congenita Robust bleating tree frogColleeneremia dentata Buzzing tree frogColleeneremia electrica Western desert tree frogColleeneremia larisonans Geelvink pygmy tree frogColleeneremia pygmaea Ruddy tree frogColleeneremia pyrina Lined tree frogColleeneremia quadrilineata Screaming tree frogColleeneremia quiritatus Desert tree frogColleeneremia rubella Rueppel's big-eyed tree frogColleeneremia rueppelli Baliem River Valley tree frogColleeneremia umbonata Wissel Lakes tree frogColleeneremia wisselensis
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