Giant Banjo Frog

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Limnodynastes interioris

Adult length up to 90 mm. Adult colour of the back varies from pale yellow, fawn to red-brown with dark flecks and spots. Broad copper-orange bands are noticable down the sides. Below these they have uneven black bands, scattered with blue-white spots. Belly is yellow with black flecks. The groin is marbled yellow and black. Skin is smooth on the belly and smooth to finely granular on the back. They have webbed toes.

Details
Type
Amphibian
Group
Animals
Frog - Southern Frog
Biology

Breeding season: spring, summer and autumn, after heavy rains. Males call most of the year, except summer, from concealed floating vegetation within waterbodies. Eggs are pigmented and contained within a large foam mass, which is concealed among aquatic vegetation or flooded burrow. It spends most of its life underground and emerges only after rain when its time to feed and spawn. It is powerful burrower and jumper.
Distinctive Markings

A cream, yellow or orange raised stripe extends from below the eye to arm.
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Myobatrachidae
Genus
Limnodynastes
Species
interioris

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

The Giant Banjo Frog is the largest frog species in Victoria.

Interesting Facts
Diet

Carnivore. Adults feed on a wide variety of insects.
Habitat

Adults live in disturbed areas or woodlands, usually in quite dry forests associated with floodplains. They are fairly uncommon in Victoria, and largely restricted to the Murray River floodplains.
Native Status
Native to Australia
Audio
Audio samples
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Murray Littlejohn
Sounds
The call is short deep hollow note, "gunk", "donk" or a reverberating "bonk".