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title: "Desert Tree Frog"
description: "Colleeneremia rubella — Amfibieën. The desert tree frog (Colleeneremia rubella), or little red tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea, and Timor."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/desert-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Desert Tree Frog

> Colleeneremia rubella — Amfibieën. The desert tree frog (Colleeneremia rubella), or little red tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea, and Timor.

- Scientific name: *Colleeneremia rubella*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 1576
- iNaturalist taxon: [1632559](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1632559)

## Names

- en: Desert Tree Frog

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1486)

## Summary

The desert tree frog (Colleeneremia rubella), or little red tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea, and Timor. It is one of Australia's most widely distributed frogs, inhabiting northern Australia, including desert regions and much of temperate eastern Australia. It is one of the few Australian tree frogs to inhabit arid, tropical, and temperate climates.

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

## Photo

![Desert Tree Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111391085

## Machine access

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