Frogs of Victoria
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Frogs of Australia
The Frogs of Victoria project is retained only for the great key guide. The Frogs of Australia project is the preferred way to discover our native frogs.
Victorian frogs
FAMILY: HYLIDAE
GENUS: Litoria
- Litoria aurea
- Litoria citropa
- Litoria ewingi
- Litoria lesueuri
- Litoria littlejohni
- Litoria nudidigitus
- Litoria paraewingi
- Litoria peroni
- Litoria raniformis
- Litoria spenceri
- Litoria verreauxi
FAMILY: MYOBATRACHIDAE
GENUS: Crinia
GENUS: Geocrinia
GENUS: Limnodynastes
- Limnodynastes dumerili
- Limnodynastes fletcheri
- Limnodynastes interioris
- Limnodynastes peroni
- Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
GENUS: Neobatrachus
GENUS: Pseudophryne
GENUS: Uperoleia
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Family Myobatrachidae, Genus Limnodynastes
The name Limnodynastes literally means "Lord of the Marsh". All spawn in water, constructing white foamy floating rafts which contain the eggs. All are solidly-built and powerful jumpers and swimmers.
The genus is represented in Victoria by five species, ranging from the 40mm-long Spotted Marsh Frog to the Great Bullfrog at up to 100mm. A number of lifestyles are exhibited ranging from burrowers in semi-arid zones to almost fully aquatic.
The Victorian members of this genus are characterised by having a horizontal pupil, an indistinct or hidden tympanum (ear), smooth belly and usually at least vestigial webbing on the toes.
Identifying Limnodynastes species
Question 11
A large and obvious tibial
gland (a gland on the calf). Metatarsal tubercle large and shovel-like.
- Go to: Question 12
Legs may be powerful
and "swollen" with muscles but no tibial gland present. Metatarsal
tubercle small to moderate.
- Go to: Question 13
Question 12
Belly
yellow/orange.
- Go to: Great Bullfrog, Limnodynastes interioris
Belly
often white but sometimes yellow/orange, mottled with steel grey to black.
- Go to: Pobblebonk (Banjo) Frog, Limnodynastes dumerili
Question 13
Back with
several distinct longitudinal dark brown to black stripes on a fawn, light
brown or golden background.
- Go to: Striped Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes peroni
Mid-dorsal stripe sometimes
present. Back with large spots or blotches.
- Go to: Question 14
Question 14
Back usually
with large clearly edged brown-olive green spots or blotches. Usually no
pink or red patch on the upper eyelid. No "butterfly" shaped patch
between the eyes.
- Go to: Spotted Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Back with
irregular (fuzzy) edged brown-olive green spots or blotches, often interspersed
with smaller dark flecks or peppering. Often a pink or red patch on
the upper eyelid, and a "butterfly" shaped patch between the eyes.
- Go to: Barking Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes fletcheri
