Australian Native Wildlife - Scarlet-sided Pobblebonk
January 19th 2011 01:09
I unearthed a pair of these in a planter pot
Scarlet-sided Pobblebonks (Limnodynastes terraereginae) are large rotund frogs that attain a length of 75mm. They have irregular red or reddish yellow markings along the sides and upper arms, a bright red groin and hind surface of the thighs and swollen glands on the upper surface of the lower legs. One joker suggested this sounded like the symptoms of his mate after a trip to Bangkok!
Scarlet-sided Pobblebonks can be found along the entire east coast of Queensland and as far inland as Emerald, as well as parts of Northern New South Wales. They inhabit forests, farmland and alluvial flats where they breed in permanent marshes and dams.
The males utter a resonant ‘bonk’ from a burrow in the banks from October to May. Females lay their eggs in a white foamy mass on the surface of the water and the resultant tadpoles are dark brown with mottled tails.
Scarlet-sided Pobblebonks are known to burrow underground and remain there during dry periods, and were used by indigenous Australians as an emergency water source. Unfortunately, Scarlet-sided Pobblebonks bear a passing resemblance to the introduced Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) and sadly, some have been killed in cases of mistaken identity.
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