Common Froglet
Background
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Common Froglet, as its name suggests, is the most commonly found frog
in streams of the Mt Lofty Ranges and south east South Australia.
It also occurs on the southern Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.
The species has highly variable skin colour and texture, even within
populations, as shown by the two pictures above. The frog found in
your stream may look very different to the ones pictured here.The
skin may be plain, striped or spotted, smooth, warty or rigid. The
belly is usually white with black splotches.
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(Photo:
Steve Walker)
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(Photo:
Steve Walker)
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Belly
of a Common Froglet (Photo: Steve Walker)
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- Characteristics
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| Common Froglet
distribution map |
Size: Males 18-25 mm;
Females 19-28 mm.
Habitat:
Found beneath rocks, vegetation and
debris at the edge of creeks, ponds, wetlands and areas of seepage. During dry periods the
frog may be found away from water sources.
Breeding: Breeds throughout the year except in mid summer.
Eggs are layed in small bunches of 100-150 in shallow water.
Advertisement call: A single 'crick' or rapidly repeated 'crick...crick...crick'.
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