This frog is brown to black on its back with darker flecks and occasionally there are red spots. There is a faded yellowish stripe down the middle of the lower back and a bright yellow patch around the cloaca. On the base of each arm there is an orange or yellow patch. The belly is smooth or slightly granular and marbled black and white. The skin on the back is smooth with low warts. The toes are not webbed.
30 mm
This frog lives in forests, heathlands and grasslands. Individuals are often found under rocks and logs.
A short, grating "ark" repeated at regular intervals.
Males call from February through to June especially after heavy rain. They choose damp nest sites beside swamps, creeks and ditches.
Are laid on moist soil in the nests. The eggs are large in size.
Are small and vary in colour from dark brown to light grey. Some tadpoles have patches of silver-gold on a black background.
Similar species: This frog can be distinguished from Pseudophryne dendyi as it has longer back legs, which are the same length as its body.
An estimate of the total number of adults present in the species entire range is 10001-50000 individuals, or size is unknown but suspected to be large. Some factors affecting population size and distribution are known, but 1 or more major factors are unknown.
Population size known to be decreasing.
Not currently monitored.
Not known to concentrate or exist in discrete locations. (e.g. the number of sites in which individuals group together either seasonally, such as breeding sites, or they may occupy discrete habitat patches within the broader landscape, such as discrete water bodies or drainage units.)
None directed primarily at the taxon.
The average number of eggs deposited per adult female per year is 51-200 eggs/female/year. Minimum age at which females are known or suspected to first reproduce is <2 years.
The size of the geographic area over which the taxon is distributed: > 1,000,000 km².
Area occupied has declined by 25-74%. (This is an estimate of change in the portion of the total range that is occupied or utilised; it may not equal the change in total range.)
Broad range limits or habitat associations are known, but local occurrence cannot be predicted accurately.
Demonstration site only. Content taken from Frogs Australia Network website.