Sandyrana is a genus of arboreal frogs in the family Pelodryadidae. These frogs are native to north-eastern Australia, New Guinea and its surrounding islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Archipelago and eastern Indonesia (with the white-lipped tree frog introduced into Java. Species in the genus were previously included within Nyctimystes the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were placed into the resurrected genus Sandyrana after a comprehensive phylogenetic study in 2025.
Species within Sandyrana range from medium-sized to very large: the white-lipped tree frog is often considered the largest tree frog in Australia.
The genus is named after Sandy Ingleby of Sydney and the Latin for frog (rana).
Species Sandyrana contains 14 species:
Common nameBinomial nameAzure-thighed treefrogSandyrana azuroscelis Sandyrana dux Northern New Guinea TreefrogSandyrana graminea Sandyrana hunti White-lipped tree frogSandyrana infrafrenata Lubis's tree frogSandyrana lubisi Multi-coloured tree frogSandyrana multicolor Sandyrana nullicedens Sandyrana pallidofemora Parachuting frogSandyrana pterodactyla Sandyrana purpureolata Sabang tree frogSandyrana sanguinolenta Sandyrana sauroni Sandyrana tenuigranulata
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