Australian Native Wildlife - Salmon Striped Frog
April 19th 2011 03:23
They also have a distinctive reddish fold from below the eyes to the arms and curved dark bands from the snout through eyes to the ear discs.
Attaining a length of 7cm, salmon-striped frogs have a rounded snout and their eyes have golden irises with horizontal black pupils.
The underside of a salmon-striped frog is white with brown spots on the throat, and the fingers are unwebbed though the toes have traces of webbing.
Inhabiting lowland alluvial flats and swamps throughout central Eastern Australia, they are believed to be declining locally in some regions. Like all native Australian frogs, Salmon-striped frogs are a protected species and must not be taken from the wild.
During the summer breeding season, males call from the edge of the water with a resonant ‘funk’. Females lay a white foamy mass of eggs on the surface of the water, and the resultant tadpoles are pale with darker blotches.
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