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RED-BACKED TOADLET FACTS |
Description
The Red-backed Toadlet is orange red or reddish brown above with a broad black band on the sides from the snout down to the hind legs. The underside is boldly marbled black and white. It has a white spot in the armpits.
Size
up to 35mm
Habitat
mainly found in rainforest and wet eucalypt forest. Also found in dry sclerophyll forest, woodland. Normally found in areas that are regularly flooded such as roadside ditches, creeks and low lying areas prone to inundation.
Breeding
Eggs are laid in a nest and the tadpoles hatch after heavy rain floods the nest site and creates pools of water. Tadpole development is relatively short, to complete metamorphosis before the temporary pools dry up.
Range
eastern Australia, from north of Sydney to South-east Queensland.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Amphibia | | Order: | Anura | | Family: | Myobatrachidae | | Genus: | Pseudophryne | | Species: | coriacea | | Common Name: | Red-backed Toadlet |
Relatives in same Genus
Red-crowned Toadlet (P. australis)
Bibron's Toadlet (P. bibroni)
Corroboree Frog (P. corroboree)
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