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| Pale Rocket Frog Litoria pallida |
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A medium-sized elongate ground-dwelling frog. It has an elongate, angled head with thin fingers and small discs with webbing at the base and long hindlimbs with toes half-webbed. The colour is a pale grey (hence pallida) with distinct stripes on the sides of the head and yellow markings on the thighs. To 4 cm SVL.
Listen to call
Approx. 36k Requires
Quicktime 4 or higher.
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Distribution
Kimberley region. Extends to northern NT and Queensland.
Habitat
Temporarily flooded grasslands.
Breeding
Males call from open areas close to water.
Call
A drawn out "meeep...meeep...meeep" with a waver near the end, with shorter "chucks" often added at the beginning or end.
Eggs
Females have been found to lay between 96-350 eggs on the surface of temporary water bodies.
Tadpoles
Tadpoles are brown and reach a length of 5 cm before metamorphosing as early as 5 weeks.
Remarks
It is very difficult to distinguish among the calls of all the Rocket Frogs.
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