Litoria |
Southern
Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingi |
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Frogs |
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Anura Description: Medium size frog having a pale brown back with dark brown stripes. The backs of the thighs are yellowish to bright orange. The under surface of the body is white and granular. Length: (Adult)
Male 35mm, Female 40mm. Habitat: Cool temperate open grassland, forest, and marshes as found in Bushy Park Wetlands. Distribution: Also called the Brown Tree Frog, it inhabits 0.5 million square km in a triangle between Adelaide, Sydney and Hobart which includes Victoria. This tree climbing nimble little frog is as much at home in suburbs as in the bush. Breeding: Breeding takes place in most months of the year when males call from the base of poolside vegetation. Females lay up to 600 eggs in clumps of about 10 to 15 eggs which they attach to grass stems at, or slightly below, the surface of ponds or other static water. The tadpoles have a pale yellow to dark grey colour body, with clear fins. There may be as many as fifteen clumps per square metre of pond surface, but overcrowding results in smaller-sized tadpoles taking longer to reach development. |
Mating Call:
The male mating call Updated 21 July 2005 |
