AUSTRALIAN WOOD FROG

Photographed on the road south of Daintree Village, Queensland, March 2018

36               AUSTRALIAN WOOD FROG               Papurana daemeli

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Usually known as Wood Frog, Australian Bullfrog and Arnham Rana. Found in New Guinea, northern Australia and some islands; in Australia restricted to rainforests of northern Queensland and the eastern border of Arnham Land, NT. Member of the "true frog" family Ranidae, the only ranid frog found in Australia. Semi-aquatic; occurs rainforests, seasonally dry monsoon forests, and tropical woodlands, usually associated with permanent water