Sloane's Froglet

Images ©:
©Peter Robertson

Crinia sloanei

Adult length 15-20 mm. Adults are light grey with some darker patches.

Details
Type
Amphibian
Group
Animals
Frog - Southern Frog
Biology

Breeding season: July to October. Males call from concealed floating vegetation within waterbodies. Eggs (pigmented) are found individually or in loose clumps, scattered around the bottom of ponds. Eggs and tadpoles can be found in ponds, dams, swamps, flooded grasslands and ditches.

Distinctive Markings

Dark stripes across rear leg. Stripe from eye to arm. Back with small orange-capped warts.

Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Myobatrachidae
Genus
Crinia
Species
sloanei

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Sloane's Froglet is a small frog and is barely recognisable as a very young frog (metamorphling).

Interesting Facts
Diet

Carnivore. Adults feed on a wide variety of insects.

Habitat

Adults are found in woodlands, floodplains, grasslands, and open and distrubed areas.

Native Status
Native to Australia
Audio
Audio samples
Audio ©
Murray Littlejohn
Sounds
The call is a short peeping sound, "chickÉ chickÉ chick", repeated once every second.