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Unidentified at suppressed - 10 Feb 2021
Unidentified at suppressed - 10 Feb 2021
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Uperoleia laevigata 20 Oct 2023 CarbonAI
Limnodynastes dumerilii 25 Feb 2023 CarbonAI
Unidentified 23 Jan 2022 JARS

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This little frog was sighted in the middle of a February day hopping over the deposition of washout sediment in a tributary feeding Bradley's Creek, heading toward the flowing creek

6 comments

wombey wrote:
   20 Oct 2023
I'm afraid, covered in sand like this, any chance of a positive id is somewhat reduced. It could be anything.
   20 Oct 2023
camouflaged frog
AnkeMaria wrote:
   20 Oct 2023
very funny
hard to get the size but it looks quite rotund. would have thought Lim dum based on this but we might make it a new species- the sandpaper frog or something- very cute
wombey wrote:
   20 Oct 2023
Unless you are prepared to give the poor little blighter a wash before photographing, it can be very hard to id. I agree with AnkeMaria that in the first image it does appear rather rotund.
JARS wrote:
   20 Oct 2023
Nice to read all your comments! The sandpaper frog is a particularly good one. I wouldn't have dared try to wash it.
If it helps narrow things down, at the site we have only ever recorded Limnodynastes dumerilii, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis, Litoria verreauxii, Crinia signifera, Crinia parinsignifera, and probably Uperoleia laevigata.
AnkeMaria wrote:
   24 Oct 2023
Now you are the funny one!! Only ever?? 6 species is pretty good out there - we often get only Crinias and Lim tas along Cotter Road or in the lower Cotter area- maybe the odd Lit verreauxii and only once a Lit latopalmata at the Cotter campground. Keep up the observant you!

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