Smooth Frog

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Smooth Frog - Murray Littlejohn | Smooth Frog - Murray Littlejohn

Geocrinia laevis

Male 23-27 mm. Female 21-33 mm. A small, squat smooth to slightly warty ground dwelling frog, pale brown above with darker brown or black longitudinal stripes.

Details
Type
Amphibian
Group
Animals
Frog - Southern Frog
Other Common Names
Southern Smooth Froglet
Biology

Breeding season: late summer and autumn. Females lay 80-150 pigmented eggs in moist leaf litter or within the bases of grass tussocks. The eggs stick together in clumps awaiting winter rainfall.
Distinctive Markings

Adults have smooth undersides, often with a pink patch in each armpit and groin. Pale pink/white mottling with dark brown markings on the underside of hind limbs. Rounded snout and indistinct tympanum.
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Myobatrachidae
Genus
Geocrinia
Species
laevis
South-western Victoria, western Tasmania and the extreme south-east of South Australia.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Relies on flooding for tadpole development to commence. If rains are delayed the unhatched tadpoles may survive if sufficient moisture is present.

Interesting Facts
Diet

Carnivore. Adults feed on invertebrates.
Habitat

Damp locations under leaf litter and debris in low lying vegetated areas.
Audio
Audio samples
Sounds
The identifying call is a long slow rattling or creaking "cre-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ek cre-e-e-e-ek cre-e-ek cre-e-ek".