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| White-bellied Frog (Geocrinia alba) |
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A small short-bodied frog with short muscular legs. The undersurface is white with occasionally a pale yellow wash. The upper surface is light brown or grey with dark spots that are sometimes aligned to form a stripe from the eye to the rump as well as a mid-lateral line from the eye along the flank and a bar across the eyes. Maximum size is 2.4 cm.
Listen to call
Approx. 856k Requires
Quicktime 4 or higher.
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Distribution
Highly restricted - found only in a 130 km2 area near Karridale-Witchcliffe, south of Margaret River.
Habitat
Very dense swamp vegetation (to 4 m high) on clay, bordering streams and seeps.
Breeding
Development is entirely terrestrial with no need for free standing water. Males call from small depressions under dense vegetation.
Call
The call is a distinctive series of 11-18 pulses repeated almost too rapidly to be distinguished.
Eggs
Eggs are laid in damp depressions under dense vegetation and may be "guarded" by males.
Tadpoles
No free-living tadpole stage; tadpoles develop within the nest.
Other notes
The only species of frog in WA listed as Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and ongoing degradation of existing habitats.
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