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Southwest Frogs

Kimberley Frogs

Arid Zone Frogs

Rock Frog Litoria coplandi

A small to medium-sized (up to 4 cm) wide-bodied yet agile frog. Tympanum distinct. The fingers are long, slender and unwebbed with large terminal discs, the legs are long and the toes are fully webbed. They are pale brown, sometimes with a darker mottling, usually with a pale bar between the eyes..

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Distribution
Kimberley region. Also occurs in the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Habitat
Rocks associated with streams, and sometimes encountered in caves.

Call
A high-pitched whirring that increases in volume over 20-30 seconds; interspersed with soft chortles.

Eggs
Females lay the eggs one at a time in rocky pools or streams.

Tadpoles
Tadpoles are dark brown or black with a distinctive large white spot on each side of the posterior of the abdomen. They attain a length of about 5 cm.

Other notes
Rock frogs are agile climbers that frequent the edges of rocky streams. They are known to skip across the water when approached too closely.



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