Geocrinia
victoriana

Limnodynastes
dumerillii

Limnodynastes
peroni

Limnodynastes
tasmaniensis

Litoria
ewingi

Crinia
signifera

Victorian Smooth Froglet





Geocrinia victoriana

Frogs
at
Bushy Park Wetlands
in
Melbourne Australia

Class: Amphibia               Order: Anura   
Family: Leptodactylidae    Genus: Geocrinia.

Description: A small dark frog with a variable back pattern and pink patches under the legs and arms. The undersurface is smooth and light grey with darker markings.

Length: (Adult) Male 25mm, Female 30mm.
Maximum tadpole length 28mm.

Habitat: Cool temperate open forest, as found in Bushy Park Wetlands.

Breeding: In April or May the female lays 90-160 pigmented eggs attached to tussocks or aquatic vegetation in damp places likely to flood. When the area floods the tadpoles hatch. They have a dark brown body with clear fins flecked with brown. The tadpoles take six to eight months to complete their development.

Victorian Smooth Froglet by H & J Beste

Mating call: The male mating call  has a long introductory "a-a-a-a-ck" note, followed by a "pip" sound rapidly repeated at about 3 calls per second.

Updated 21 July 2005

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