Bibron's Toadlet
Pseudophryne bibronii
Details | |
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Type | Amphibian |
Group | |
Other Common Names | Brown Toadlet |
Biology | Breeding season: after heavy summer rains. Females lay 20-200 pigmented eggs in loose clumps in small depressions in the soil. The eggs are often coated in soil or mud. Males guard the eggs. A ground dwelling species which tends to walk rather than hop. |
Distinctive Markings | Adults have a coarse black and white mottled pattern on the undersurface. Slightly pointed snout and indistinct tympanum. |
Taxonomy | |
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Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Amphibia |
Order | Anura |
Family | Myobatrachidae |
Genus | Pseudophryne |
Species | bibronii |
South-east South Australia, southern and eastern Victoria, eastern new South Wales to extreme south-eastern Queensland.
Source: Atlas of Living Australia