TASMANIAN TREE FROG

Photographed at Melaleuca, Tasmania, 2012 (?)

53            TASMANIAN TREE FROG                Litoria burrowsae

AUSTRALIAN FROGS.              53

Also known as King Tree Frog. Found on West Coast of Tasmania, endemic to Tasmania. Associated with dams, ponds, road-side ditches in rainforest, sedge land, alpine country and moorland.

NORTHERN DWARF TREE FROG

Photographed at Corroboree Billabong, Northern Territory, October 2018

52               NORTHERN DWARF TREE FROG                     Litoria bicolor 

AUSTRALIAN FROGS                  52

Also known as Green Reed Frog. Found in vegetation around temporary water bodies and small streams. Ranges across Kimberley, WA, and northern NT and Queensland.

DAHL'S AQUATIC FROG

Photographed at Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, October 2018

51                     DAHL'S AQUATIC FROG                     Litoria dahli 

AUSTRALIAN FROG                 51

Range on floodplains of northern Northern Territory and extending into extreme nw of WA and on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.  Found in permanent waterbodies or areas of intense inundation in the wet season.

SLENDER TREE FROG

Photographed near Jurien Bay, Western Australia, September 2018

50                   SLENDER TREE FROG                   Litoria adelaidensis 

AUSTRALIAN FROG                   50

Found in extreme sw WA. Dense vegetation at the edge of static or slow moving water. Distinctive call which resembles a motorbike.

MOTORBIKE FROG

Photographed near Jurien Bay, Western Australia, September 2018

49              MOTORBIKE FROG                Litoria moorei    

AUSTRALIAN FROG.              49

Also known as Western Bell Frog. Found amongst dense grasses; hides beneath rocks and logs. Distribution is along sw WA coast up to Geraldton.

HUMMING FROG

Photographed near Hi Vallee Farm, Badgingarra, Western Australia, September 2018

48                HUMMING FROG                 Neobatrachus pelobatoides    

AUSTRALIAN FROG                48

Confined to sw of WA. Found in the wheat belt where it breeds in farm dams.

TURTLE FROG

Photographed near Hi Vallee Farm, Badgingarra, Western Australia, September 2018

47                 TURTLE FROG                 Myobatrachus gouldii

AUSTRALIAN FROGS               47

Shelters beneath logs on sandy soils. Found in the sw WA, excluding extreme corner. Burrows head first into soil. Eats termites.

WESTERN SPOTTED

Photographed near Hi Vallee Farm, Badgingarra, Western Australia, September 2018

46                    WESTERN SPOTTED FROG                         Heleioporus albopunctatus

AUSTRALIAN FROG                  46

Found in the sw of WA entering arid zone, but absent from the coast. Burrows in banks or beneath stones of watercourses.

WESTERN BANJO FROG

Photographed near Hi Vallee Farm, Badgingarra, Western Australia, September 2018

45            WESTERN BANJO FROG                      Limnodynastes dorsalis

AUSTRALIAN FROG                     45

Also known as Western Pobblebonk. Confined to the south-west of WA. Found in a range of open environments from open grassland to creek banks.

BARKING FROG

Photographed beside Swanport Bridge, South Australia, September 2018

44                  BARKING FROG              Limnodynastes fletcheri   

AUSTRALIAN FROG                 44

Also known as Long-thumbed Frog. Found throughout the River Murray in SA, Victoria, to central NSW and Queensland. Beside areas of permanent water where hides under debris. 

TORNIER'S FROG

Photographed at Mataranka Springs, Northern Territory, April 2018

43                  TORNIER'S FROG              Litoria tornieri  

AUSTRALIAN FROG                 43

Found in the extreme north of Western Australia and the nw of NT. In open grassland. 

GIANT FROG

Photographed between Ranner Springs and Elliot, Northern Territory, April 2018

42               GIANT FROG               Cyclorana australis

AUSTRALIAN FROGS              42

Also known as Round Frog. Range throughout Kimberley, WA, the northern 2/3 of NT, and east into nw Queensland. Found in diverse areas but mostly in poorly vegetated areas.

CENTRALIAN TREE FROG

Photographed at Simpson's Gap, Northern Territory, April 2018

41                CENTRALIAN TREE FROG                 Litoria gilleni

AUSTRALIAN FROG                 41

Confined to areas around Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Found in gorges, living among boulders near large permanent or temporary rock pools. Very little is known about its life cycle.

DESERT SPADEFOOT TOAD

Photographed near Renner Springs, Northern Territory, April 2018

40             DESERT SPADEFOOT TOAD             Notaden nichollsi

AUSTRALIAN FROG              40

Found in grasslands in open country. Range arid WA and the NT extending to the extreme sw of Queensland. Breeds in flooded clay or sandy soils. Principally feeds on ants.