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WALLUM FROGLET FACTS |
Description
The Wallum Froglet is a small brown frog and looks similar to the Eastern Common Froglet. The Wallum Froglet has a white stripe from the tip of the snout down the throat. The back varies from grey to brown and has smooth texture, and has indistinct stripes or spots. The underside is faintly mottled with black and white.
Size
3cm
Habitat
paperbark swamps (Wallum swampland.)
Breeding
Eggs are laid singly on twigs and leaves in still water.
Range
east coast of Australia, from South-east Queensland to central New South Wales.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Conservation Status
The conservation status in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals is "vulnerable".
Classification
| Class: | Amphibia | | Order: | Anura | | Family: | Myobatrachidae | | Genus: | Crinia | | Species: | tinnula | | Common Name: | Wallum Froglet |
Relatives in same Genus
Eastern Common Froglet (C. signifera)
Tasmanian Froglet (C. tasmaniensis)
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