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Western marsh frog

Heleioporus barycragus

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

With distinctive yellow-spotted sides, it's a bold frog about 15cm in size.

Habitat:

Spotted at night after a shower rain in a dry area next to Perth, close to an intermittent river. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and intermittent rivers.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Heleioporus
Species: H. barycragus

Reference Links:

Western marsh frog - Wikipedia, Australian Frogs Limnodynastidae (Australian Ground Frogs) - spinelesswonders

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Comments (2)
JordiPrats
Thanks Neil, lucky to stay there after a short rain in April
Neil Ross
How wonderful is this little guy? Great spotting.

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