Brown Striped Marsh Frog
Background
The Brown Striped Marsh Frog is an attractive frog whose dorsal (top) surface is marked with dark and light brown longitudinal stripes and often has a pale mid-dorsal stripe. The longitudinal stripes break up laterally to form a series of spots or blotches. The belly is white and males often have a yellow and brown mottled throat. The iris of the eye is golden at the top and dark brown at the bottom. The arms of females tend to be smaller and a long nuptial spine on the tip of the male’s first finger aids in mating.

Brown Striped Marsh Frog
Brown Striped Marsh Frog
(Photo: Steve Walker)
  
(Photo: Steve Walker)

Characteristics
Brown Striped Marsh Frog distribution
Brown Striped Marsh Frog distribution map

Size: Males 48-69 mm; Females 46-73 mm.

Habitat: In South Australia it is limited to the South East, commonly found in wetlands and swamps. During the day it hides under stones, leaf litter, logs or in burrows.

Breeding: 700-1000 small unpigmented eggs are laid in a foam nest attached to vegetation at the water’s edge. In the lower South East females do not produce a foam nest.

Advertisement call: A single loud ‘pok’.


 
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