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| Yellow-bellied Frog (Geocrinia vitellina) |
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A small short-bodied frog with short muscular legs. The undersurface is bright orange or egg yolk yellow. The upper surface is light brown or grey with dark spots that are sometimes aligned to form two parallel rows extending from the eye to the cloaca and a vertebral row. Maximum size is 2.5 cm.
Listen to call
Approx. 856k Requires
Quicktime 4 or higher.
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Distribution
Highly restricted-found only in a 4 km2 area along the Spearwood Creek system of the Blackwood River near 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 in summer and late spring.
Call
The call is a distinctive series of 9-15 pulses repeated almost slowly enough to be distinguished.
Eggs
Deposited in small depressions close to calling males.
Tadpoles
Development occurs entirely within the egg capsule.
Other notes
Listed as "vulnerable" by CALM due to its restricted habitat and ongoing population declines.
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