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title: "Screaming tree frog"
description: "Colleeneremia quiritatus — Amphibien. The screaming tree frog (Colleeneremia quiritatus) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/screaming-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Screaming tree frog

> Colleeneremia quiritatus — Amphibien. The screaming tree frog (Colleeneremia quiritatus) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.

- Scientific name: *Colleeneremia quiritatus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 685
- iNaturalist taxon: [1632558](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1632558)

## Names

- en: Screaming tree frog

## Countries with the most observations

AU (610)

## Summary

The screaming tree frog (Colleeneremia quiritatus) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to southeastern Australia, east of the Great Dividing Range. It ranges from northeastern Victoria to the mid-coast of New South Wales, from Mallacoota north to Taree. This species is the "bleating tree frog" that occurs around Sydney, and is well known for its very loud call.
This species was long confused with the robust bleating tree frog (Colleeneremia dentata), and was thus only described in 2021 despite being a relatively common species found near major population centers. Rowley et al (2021)…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_tree_frog

## Photo

![Screaming tree frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/screaming-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338302870

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/screaming-tree-frog?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).