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| Long-footed Frog Cyclorana longipes |
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A medium-sized (to 5-6 cm) squat burrowing frog. The limbs are short to moderately long with slender fingers and basally webbed toes. The skin is smooth and strikingly marked with large dark brown patches on a pale grey background. Often with a bar behind the eyes and a narrow pale yellow stripe down the back.
Listen to call
Approx. 36k Requires
Quicktime 4 or higher.
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Distribution
Kimberley region and surrounding arid region. Also occurs in northern NT and Queensland.
Habitat
Appears to be common across a diverse range of environments and soil types.
Breeding
Breeds after early rains of the wet season in shallow temporary pools.
Call
A single long harsh note that "resembles the lowing of cattle".
Eggs
Females lay up to 2000 eggs that sink to the bottom.
Tadpoles
Tadpoles resemble giant frog tadpoles early in development, and metamorphosis occurs in about 30 days.
Remarks
The relationship of the Long-footed Frog to the Daly River Frog (C. maculosa) and the Short-footed frog (C. breviceps) is unresolved.
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