Painted Frog

Painted Frog
Painted Frog
Painted Frog
Painted Frog
Images ©:
©Akash Samuel, Akash Samuel, Akash Samuel, Akash Samuel

Neobatrachus pictus

Adult length 46-58 mm. A large burrowing frog which is grey, light brown or yellow with dark brown or olive green patches and a thin, light yellowish vertebral stripe. The underside of the body is smooth and white.

Details
Type
Amphibian
Group
Animals
Frog - Southern Frog
Other Common Names
Painted Burrowing Frog, Painted Spadefoot Toad
Biology

Breeding season: summer, autumn or winter. Females lay approximately 1000 eggs. Males call while floating in still water. They burrow beneath the soil surface during periods of water shortage and emerge only after heavy rains to breed. They most likely use leaf litter, fallen logs and ground cover vegetation as shelter whilst above ground.
Distinctive Markings

The eye is prominent. Has a vertical pupil. The tympanum (eardrum) is not visible. Limbs are short. Fingers are cylindrical and unwebbed. Toes are fully webbed, with a black shovel-shaped lump on the undersurface, used for burrowing. Can be distinguished from the more widespread Common Spadefoot Toad/SudellÕs Frog (N. sudelli) by the lack of baggy skin around the groin.