golden bell-frog

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority of the family Hylidae to which itbelongs, is terrestrial and not arboreal in its habits, beingfound in and about water-holes in many parts of Australia.

1881. F. McCoy, `Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria,'Dec. 6, pl. 53:

«So completely alike was the sound of the Bell-frogs in anadjoining pond at night to the noise of the men by day.»

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