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STRIPED MARSH FROG FACTS |
Description
The Striped Marsh Frog is pale fawn to golden-brown with dark brown or black stripes along the back. It has a black mask from the nostril, through the eye and down to the shoulder.
Other Names
Brown Frog, Brown-striped Frog, Night Frog, Peron's Marsh Frog, Swamp Frog
Size
4.5 - 7.5 cm
Habitat
rainforests, wet and dry forests, woodlands, urban areas. Found in swamps, flooded grasslands, pools and ponds. This Striped Marsh Frog is the most commonly seen frog on the east coast. It is normally the first frog to colonise a garden frog pond. They will breed in ponds, roadside ditches, creeks, dams, flooded areas and other bodies of fresh water.
Food
insects and other small invertebrates
Breeding
During spawning, the female makes a floating foam or bubble raft in which the fertilised eggs are suspended. The tadpoles hatch after a few days and drop into the water as the nest-raft disintegrates.
Range
Eastern Australia
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: | Limnodynastes | | Species: | peroni | | Common Name: | Striped Marsh Frog |
Relatives in same Genus
Eastern Banjo Frog (L. dumerili)
Salmon-striped Frog (L. salmini)
Spotted Marsh Frog (L. tasmaniensis)
Northern Banjo Frog (L. terraereginae)
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