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title: "Southern Brown Tree Frog"
description: "Rawlinsonia ewingii — Płazy. The southern brown tree frog (Rawlinsonia ewingii), also known as the brown tree frog, whistling tree frog, or Ewing's tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia: most of southern Victoria, eastern South Australia, southern New South Wales from about Ulladulla—although the species is reported to occur further north—and throughout Tasmania, including the Bass Strait Islands, in which state it is the most frequently encountered frog."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-brown-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Brown Tree Frog

> Rawlinsonia ewingii — Płazy. The southern brown tree frog (Rawlinsonia ewingii), also known as the brown tree frog, whistling tree frog, or Ewing's tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia: most of southern Victoria, eastern South Australia, southern New South Wales from about Ulladulla—although the species is reported to occur further north—and throughout Tasmania, including the Bass Strait Islands, in which state it is the most frequently encountered frog.

- Scientific name: *Rawlinsonia ewingii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 7332
- iNaturalist taxon: [1633164](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1633164)

## Names

- en: Southern Brown Tree Frog
- de: Ewings Laubfrosch

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4642), NZ (878)

## Summary

The southern brown tree frog (Rawlinsonia ewingii), also known as the brown tree frog, whistling tree frog, or Ewing's tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia: most of southern Victoria, eastern South Australia, southern New South Wales from about Ulladulla—although the species is reported to occur further north—and throughout Tasmania, including the Bass Strait Islands, in which state it is the most frequently encountered frog. It has been introduced to New Zealand, where it can be locally abundant.

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

## Photo

![Southern Brown Tree Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-brown-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150866940

## Machine access

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