• Background
• Characteristics

(Photo: FROGWATCH Resource Materials 1990)

The Desert Froglet is similar in most respects to the Eastern Signbearing Froglet, from which it differs in its smaller average size (less than 20 mm), more robust hindlimbs and pale, unspotted belly and warty skin. The skin colour is mostly a pale grey with complex, triangular and rectangular markings on the back.

Desert Froglet distribution map

Size: Males 13-18 mm; Females 15-20 mm.

Habitat: Mostly found in creek beds, soaks and claypans associated with broad river channels. Can be found under leaves, rubbish and timber.

Breeding: Calls from August to April. Spawn clumps found attached to vegetation in swamps.

Advertisement call: A melodious 'chirruping' sound. Often described as similar to a house sparrow.