Southern Toadlet

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Southern Toadlet
Southern Toadlet
Southern Toadlet
Southern Toadlet
Southern Toadlet

Southern Toadlet

Pseudophryne semimarmorata


Breeding season: late summer to autumn after heavy rainfall. Females lay 70-170 pigmented eggs in loose clumps, often coated in soil in a shallow burrow constructed by the male. The burrows will become flooded with winter rain. Males guard the eggs. A ground dwelling species which tends to walk rather than hop.


Details Description
Type
Amphibian
Group
Frog - Southern Frog
Identifying Characteristics

Male 25-28 mm. Female 25-35 mm. A small dark brown or grey ground dwelling frog with black warts and pale yellow/orange bands on the upper arms.

Distinctive Markings

Adults have a yellow or bright orange throat, lower belly and hind limbs with black and white marbling on the chest and upper belly. Slightly pointed snout and indistinct tympanum.

Diet

Adults have a yellow or bright orange throat, lower belly and hind limbs with black and white marbling on the chest and upper belly. Slightly pointed snout and indistinct tympanum.

Habitat

Under leaf litter and debris in grasslands, heath, dry forest, woodland and shrubland.

Native Status
Native to Australia
Sounds
The identifying call is a very short repeating harsh grating "cre-e-ek".
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Myobatrachidae
Genus
Pseudophryne
Species
semimarmorata
Southern Toadlet
Extreme south-east South Australia, southern Victoria and eastern Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Vulnerable
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.

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