Size:
Males 31-42 mm; Females 32-47 mm.
Habitat:
A widespread species, habitat includes marshy country, creek edges
and wetlands.
Breeding: Males call from the edge of shallow water and are
often concealed by vegetation. Breeding can occur at any time of
the year, particularly between August and March. A foam nest of
90-1300 eggs is laid floating in water attached to submergent vegetation.
Larval development generally occurs for 3-5 months but may take
anywhere up to a year in colder waters. Tadpoles are about 46 mm
long.
Advertisement call: Three distinct call races are present
in South Australia.
Southern: a short, single ‘click’
(Blue stripe).
Northern: a rapid, sharp ‘duk-duk-duk-duk'
(2-4 notes, average of three in SA - Red stripe).
Western: rapid, soft ‘uk-uk-uk-uk’
(3-6 notes, average of four in SA - Green stripe).
