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Striped Marsh frog
Limnodynastes peronii
-37.8991, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
While trying to walk the dog at night in the rain this thing started flipping about between my feet trying hard to get trodden on. After the third flip I realised it was a frog. It was a medium to large size, about 70mm long, with distinctive alternating patches of light buff and dark brown and a narrow, pale dorsal line on a dark brown background.
Habitat:
On a very wet, dark outer suburban street in rain near midnight.
Notes:
Although common around Melbourne wetlands there are none of those here. We are on a steep hillside and the nearest natural source of water is about 500m away. These feed on other small frogs. <br>
family: MYOBATRACHIDAE <br>
Distribution in Australia http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.t… <br> http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Limnodynastes+peronii#tab_gallery
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