text: Cape York and tropical north Queensland have more than 60 species, almost half of which are endemic to the area (i.e. found nowhere else).
  The most obvious ones are the most spectacular - the green tree frogs, which come to human dwellings and thrive in bathrooms, toilets, near kitchen sinks - anywhere there is water and humidity.
  But there are many, many other ones in the bush that are not so easy to see, and all are native, except the poisonous cane toad.
  Other small (4cm long) and medium (6cm long) sized tree frogs include little red frog (Litoria rubella), Javelin frog (Litoria microbelos), whirring tree frog (Litoria revelata), and northern laughing tree frog (Litoria rothi).
  Marsh frogs are quite large, up to 7cm long, spotted or striped Australian frogs with a rounded snout, and in tropical north Queensland we have marbled marshfrog (Limnodynastes convexiusculus), spotted marshfrog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis), brown striped frog (Limnodynastes peroni), and tusked frog (Adelotus brevis).
  Woodfrogs are about 6cm long brownish or grey frogs with a pointed head. In tropical north Queensland we only have one species - the Australian woodfrog (Rana daemeli), which is found from Cape York peninsula in the north to Rollingstone (north of Townsville) in the south.
  Froglets are small, greyish brown or grey Australian frogs only 2-3 cm long. In tropical north Queensland, there is at least two - the torrid froglet (Crinia remota) and the chirping froglet (Crinia deserticola). The first is found from Cape York to Rollingstone and the second from Cape York to Childers.
  Toadlets are small, 2-3cm long brownish grey Australian frogs and in far north Queensland we have stonemason toadlet (Uperoleia lithomoda) from Cape York in the north to Townsville in the south; and mimic toadlet (U. mimola) from Torres Strait in the north to Bowen in the south.
  They are the most beautiful of all our frogs, and the easiest to see, thanks to their often bright colouring and the fact that they are not hiding on the ground where the brown frogs camouflage.
  Instead they are on tree branches, in camp kitchens, bathrooms, even toilets, wherever there is water.
  Litoria caerulea is about 10cm long, green on the back (not the brightest), white under the belly, and unlike the others it has white eyes.
  It lives in all habitats except rainforest, in eastern and northern Australia, as well as Papua New Guinea.
  White lipped tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata) is 14cm long, and has about the same colouring except the white stripes along its lower jaw and back limbs.
  Unlike the common green tree frog above, it has orange eyes. It lives in open forests, paperbark swamps and suburban areas from Cape York to Rollingstone.
  Litoria xanthomera is smaller - 6cm long, but brighter coloured, with a green back, bright orange-yellow belly and inside of legs, and reddish orange eyes.
  It lives in tropical rainforests from southern Cape York Peninsula (Rossville-Ayton area) in the north, to Paluma Range National Park in the south.
  Litoria gracilenta is even smaller, 4.4cm long, with a bright green upper head and back, bright orange lower jaw and belly, and brownish orange eyes.
  Upper legs and other parts can be purple. It lives in open forest and woodland, and comes to green gardens. It is found from Cape York in the north to NSW in the south.
  Litoria chloris is about 6cm long, deep green on the back and yellow to orange under the belly, with bright orange eyes.
  This green tree frog is not found in Cape York, but in a coastal area between Whitsundays in the north and central coast of New South Wales in the south (Port Maquarie - Newcastle area).
  Litoria fallax is only 2.5cm long and not as bright green as the three above, more often it is olive green like the common treefrog.
  It lives in open forests, near temporary or permanent waterholes, between the Daintree area in the north and Sydney in the south.
  Litoria bicolor is a 3cm long slender frog and also rather dull in colour, compared to some others above. Green on the back, white under the belly, dull orange eyes.
  It lives in tropical habitats except rainforest, and is found in northern Australia between Derby in the west and Bowen in the east, including Cape York peninsula.
  It has large, webbed feet, large eyes with vertical pupils, and its colour can vary between green and brown.
  The white stripes are present regardeless of the colour of the body, and the stripes go pink in breeding males.
  They are active during the night time, moving quite quickly in the vegetation, but sleepy day time, and not so quick to move when outside the vegetation.
  They have quite a wide distribution in Indonesia and New Guinea, but in Australia they are only found in the coastal areas of Cape York peninsula (south a bit further, almost until Townsville).
  Firstly, I bought your book late last year (in preparation for my Cape trip in 2017) ... fantastic book!! Congratulations and well done. I've sent your website to all my 4wd mates.
  Could you please tell me how many km there are between Archer River Roadhouse and Bramwell Junction Homestead(near the start of the OTT) ... the direct route (not via Weipa)and how long it actually takes driving between the two?
  Google states its 166km and 7hours driving. Is that right? Could you confirm a rough travelling time between these two locations.
  That stretch of the road happens to be a good one, so last time i drove home about a week ago it took me 1.5 hours.
  If you want to take it easy, stop for photos and look-around in places like Wenlock River etc you will have to add that time.
  P.S. there is a distance map on page 77 and a distance table on page 43, i will make sure Bramwell goes in there :-)