Limnodynastes dumerilii
4 Eastern Banjo Frog at Fyshwick, ACT
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| Unverified | Christine | 4 Nov 2021 |
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This is, I am sure, a long shot, but I'm wondering if anyone can identify the frog which the Little Bittern has caught, and is in the process of killing and eating :( It looks quite large, and I thought of Pobblebonk, but I don't recall hearing them at this location. It may have been alive and healthy a moment before these photos were taken, but I am pretty sure it was not afterwards!
The third pic was taken an hour or two later, and sorry for the even worse photo, but it is taken from a video, and I was wondering if this could be a "tadpole" of the same frog species??
Thanks for any help....
3 comments
4 Nov 2021
Hi Christine
great shots- what an amazing observation- I would think it is a pobbelbonk as you can detect a white/creamy stripe along the side of its head. Also the size is a giveaway as you have observed- so the large tadpole could well and truly be of a pobbelbonk as well!
Pobbelbonks are frequently observed in the Kelly swamp as part of the annual FrogTober Census- among several other species! Enjoy the wetlands- there is always so much to see.
great shots- what an amazing observation- I would think it is a pobbelbonk as you can detect a white/creamy stripe along the side of its head. Also the size is a giveaway as you have observed- so the large tadpole could well and truly be of a pobbelbonk as well!
Pobbelbonks are frequently observed in the Kelly swamp as part of the annual FrogTober Census- among several other species! Enjoy the wetlands- there is always so much to see.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.160872-35.314988
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Nov 2021 12:59 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Limnodynastes dumerilii Scientific name
- Eastern Banjo Frog Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1550.52m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
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