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| White-footed Trilling Frog (Neobatrachus albipes) |
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A moderate-sized robust frog. The back is brown with poorly defined markings, sometimes including an incomplete vertebral stripe. There is often a distinctive broad pale "V" shape between the eyes. The lower surfaces are creamy white and the toes have moderately extensive webbing. The skin of the upper foot is distinctively white, giving the common name of this frog. The metatarsal tubercle on the hind foot is usually white. Maximum size is 4-5 cm.
Listen to call
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Distribution
This frog is found in the far southwest portion of the state, extending from approximately Narembeen, Quairading, Dongalocking and the Stirling Range in the west, to Coolgardie and Cape Arid and south of the Great Eastern Highway to the south coast. There is also an isolated population at Junana Rock.
Habitat
Usually found on clay soils, where opaque breeding ponds form after summer and autumn thunderstorms.
Breeding
Occurs after autumn rains and, like the Kunapalari Frog, it is an explosive breeder also emerging after heavy rains in spring and summer. Males call from covered sites and in deep water.
Call
The call is a series of 36-40, short, rapidly repeated pulses.
Eggs and Tadpoles
Not much known.
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