Species Info Card
Updated 1 Decade Ago
A Medium-Sized Up to 6 cm Robust Burrowing Frog with Short Legs
The eyes are cat-like with vertical pupils. Bright yellow or greenish with scattered dark irregular markings. There are 77 frogs listed as occurring in Western Australia. For a map of Western Australia or to see only frogs from a particular region in the state, see the Western Australia page.
49 kb Giant Frog Cyclorana australis
A medium-sized to 5 cm robust burrowing frog with smooth skin and moderately long limbs. Very similar to the Ornate Burrowing Frog Platyplectrum ornatum but has much more extensive webbing between the.
Open Woodlands and Grasslands
Including areas subject to seasonal flooding. Ornatum refers to the ornate patterns on this frog. The Ornate and Centralian Burrowing Frogs have been recently transferred from Limnodynastes to the genus Platyplectrum, an old name coined in the 19th century.
Northern Sandhill Frog
Is an Australian burrowing frog native to the Shark Bay region of the Western Australian coast. A large species of frog reaching up to 10 cm in body length. It has a dark brown, grey or black back, and the sides are spotted with bright yellow. The belly is white or bluish-white, and the throat is grey with pale pink.
The Southern Sandhill Frog
Is an Australian burrowing frog found in the coast south of Shark Bay region in Western Australia. The Hooting Frog Heleioporus barycragus is a large burrowing frog with a long burrow in which it builds a foam nest.
The Five Species of Heleioporus
Lay their eggs in the autumn before it rains and wait for the burrows to be flooded. The tadpoles hatch and swim out of the burrow. The moaning frog Heleioporus eyrei is a burrowing frog native to south-western Western Australia.
The Moaning Frog
Is round with a large head and large bulbous eyes. The dorsal surface is brown with marbling of white, grey or yellow, and the ventral surface is white. The arms and legs are relatively small for burrowing frogs.
Hylidae
Are ground-dwelling and burrowing species occurring in the North of the state. These are tree frogs closely related in structure and reproductive biology to the other Hylidae genus - Litoria.
Fossil Records of Amphibia
Have been identified in the north-west of the state. Running, jumping, burrowing, or even tree-climbing frogs can be found in almost any Australian landscape: desert claypans, freezing mountains, and inner-city suburbs.
This Stunning Selection
From more than 220 named Australian species includes common frogs and others so rare you should contact wildlife authorities if you find one. Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus Jodi Rowley.
The Time Is Now
Most of Australia's frog species are active in November. That's why FrogID Week is held in this month as it is the best time to record as many calls as possible. In 2023, FrogID Week will run from 3-12 November.
These Burrowing Frogs
Are one of five species found in South West WA and one of only six species Australia wide. This genus of frog burrows into the soil and waits for water to flood their burrows. They are as a result found.
The Western Australian Museum
Acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners of. More than 240 species of frog have been discovered in Australia. Explore our frog profiles or watch our expert videos to discover all kinds of facts about frogs.
Moaning, Whooping, and Hooting Varieties
Are among the five species of burrowing frogs found in the Perth Hills. The Western spotted frog and sand frog, all of the Heleioporus genus, are also native to the states South West. Dr Paul Doughty follows the sounds of burrowing frogs in the hills east of Mundaring.
The Sandhill Frogs
Are one of the more peculiar of the Australian ground frogs family Myobatrachidae. Most of the Australian burrowing frogs burrow backwards. Only the sandhill frog and the turtle frog Myobatrachus gouldii burrow head first.
To Achieve This
Both frogs have small heads and strong arms. Some of the better known burrowing frogs are Ornate Burrowing Frog Platyplectrum ornatum. Found in northern Australia from WA through to QLD and along the eastern coast to northern NSW.
Colours Can Range
From yellow through to grey or dark brown with brown patches or spots along its back. The Australian banjo frogs or pobblebonks are a spectacular group of four medium to large 39 cm burrowing frog species recognisable by their distinctive bonk and tok mating calls.
Which Sound Similar
To the pluck of a banjo string. The Western Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dorsalis occurs in. The last of the burrowing frogs, the western water-holding frog, is found across arid WA. Spencers burrowing frog Opisthodon spenceri, a frog in the family Myobatrachidae native to western and central Australia. Striped burrowing frog Cyclorana alboguttata, a frog.
In the Family Hylidae
Found throughout much of Australia. Frogs from the arid regions of Western Australia. Individual factsheets about frog species found within the arid regions of Western Australia can be found on the Alcoa FrogWatch subsite. Water-holding Frog - audio recording of call. Arid Region Northern Burrowing Frog - audio recording of call. Arid Region Desert Spadefoot - audio recording.
The Giant Burrowing Frog
Or eastern owl frog Heleioporus australiacus is a large frog species that occurs in coastal south-east New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It is also known as the owl frog, southern owl frog, spotted owl frog, burrowing owl frog.
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