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.

GIANT BANJO FROG

Photographed near Parkes, NSW, December 2017

21                  GIANT BANJO FROG               Limnodynastes interiors

AUSTRALIAN FROGS                 21

Also known as Giant Bullfrog, Giant Pobblebonk, Great Bullfrog, Inland Banjo Frog. Found in the Murray Basin in new and northern Victoria. Spends most of its life concealed underground only emerging after rains to feed and spawn. Inhabits open and disturbed areas and woodlands, often in dry forest but associated with floodplains.

NORTHERN BANJO FROG

Photographed near Esk, Queensland, November 2017

12                   NORTHERN BANJO FROG             Limnodynastes terraereginae 

AUSTRALIAN FROGS              12

Also known as the Scarlet-sided Pobbleblonk. Ground dwelling burrowing native frog. Found in eastern Queensland and northeastern NSW. Associated with dams, flooded areas, and ditches in forest, woodland, cleared land.

EASTERN BANJO FROG

Photographed on the road to Jenolan Caves, October 2017

7             EASTERN BANJO FROG               Limnodynastes dumerilii   

AUSTRALIAN FROGS               7

Also known as Pobblebonk, after the noise it makes. Native to eastern Australia(one of five subspecies). Normally found in woodland, heathland and farmland.

Photographed near Canowindra, NSW, October 2017