Crinia signifera (Common Eastern Froglet)
Current conservation status: Common, occupies a number of habitats.
Family: Myobatrachidae
Appearance: Their colour is variable, ranging from grey-brown to reddish and can be smooth or covered in a series of ridges. All individuals have dark, triangular markings at the upper lips and darker bands on the hind legs. The underside of the body is granular with a black and white blotched pattern.
Length: 25-30mm
Breeding: Breeds mainly during spring and winter (June to January). Calling is continuous throughout the day, but activity decreases considerably in cold nights.
Habitat: This species is found in a wide range of habitats, including marshes, ponds, seepages and farm dams, from sea-level to above 2000m altitude in the alpine zone.
Distribution: Very common and abundant in the region and in south-eastern Australia.
Biology: Male frogs begin calling regularly from pools during the wetter parts of winter and spring (later at higher altitudes). Each female lays up to 250 eggs, which are deposited on the bottom of pools or are attached to aquatic vegetation or submerged moss. Amplexus (mating) pairs may sometimes be found floating in small pools during the days. Tadpoles may be seen in high numbers in shallow pools from late spring until the end of summer. The newly metamorphosed frogs are very small, being about 7mm in body length. They grow rapidly during the warmer months and attain adult size the following summer. Adults prey on a diverse range of invertebrates including beetles, spiders and centipedes.
Call: A characteristic repeated clicking, "crick...crick...crick...crick..."".
Distribution: Widespread in ACT. Occupies a number of habitats.
Crinia signifera is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney
Species information
- Crinia signifera Scientific name
- Common Eastern Froglet Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1669m Recorded at altitude
- 308 images trained Machine learning
Location information
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Maps
ANBG ANU Banks Precinct ANU Daley Precinct ANU Dickson Precinct ANU Ellery Precinct ANU Garran Precinct Aranda Bushland Australian National University Banksia Street Wetland Corridor Barneys Hill/Mt Stranger Barracks Flat Drive Reserve Bendora Reservoir Bimberi Nature Reserve Birrigai Black Flat at Corrowong Black Mountain Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Boro Brindabella National Park Bruce Ponds Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Callum Brae Canberra City Farm Central Molonglo Conder Community Wetlands Cooleman Ridge Coombs Ponds Cotter Reserve Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Dangelong Nature Reserve Deua National Park (CNM area) Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Dunlop Grasslands Emu Creek Fadden Hills Pond Farrer Ridge Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Gang Gang at Yass River Gibraltar Pines Gigerline Nature Reserve Giralang Wetlands Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gorman Road Bush Reserve, Goulburn Goulburn Mulwaree Council Gundaroo Common Gungaderra Creek Ponds Gungaderra Grasslands Gungahlin Pond Gunn St Wider Blue Green Corridor Harcourt Hill Hassett Park, Campbell Higgins Woodland Holder Wetlands Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Isabella Pond Jarramlee Pond Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kaleen Horse paddocks (North) Kama Kambah Pool Kosciuszko National Park Kowen Escarpment Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lanyon - northern section A.C.T. Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Lower Cotter Catchment Lower Molonglo Lyneham Wetland McKellar Wetlands Melrose Micalong State Forest Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mount Taylor Mt Holland Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Nadjung Mada NR Namadgi National Park Namarag NR National Arboretum Forests National Arboretum Woodland National Zoo and Aquarium Oakey Hill O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Percival Hill Pine Island to Point Hut Piney Ridge Point Hut Pond Point Hut to Tharwa Radford College Red Hill Nature Reserve Rob Roy Range Rock Valley, Tidbinbilla Sherwood Forest Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park Stony Creek Stranger Pond Sullivans Creek, Acton Sullivans Creek, Lyneham North Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Sullivans Creek, O'Connor Tallaganda National Park The Pinnacle The Ridgeway Reserve Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Tuggeranong Hill Tuggeranong Homestead A.C.T. Umbagong District Park University of Canberra Upper Stranger Pond Urambi Hills Uriarra Recreation Reserve Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wanniassa Hill Watson Green Space Watson Woodlands West Belconnen Pond West Stromlo Woodstock Nature Reserve Wright Park and Old Sydney Road Reserve Yanununbeyan State Conservation Area Yarramundi Grassland Yerrabi Pond -
Places
Billilingra, NSW Bombay, NSW Bonner, ACT Braidwood, NSW Bredbo, NSW Campbell, ACT Carlaminda, NSW Chakola, NSW Conder, ACT Cotter River, ACT Crace, ACT Denman Prospect, ACT Dickson, ACT Fadden, ACT Florey, ACT Garran, ACT Gilmore, ACT Hawker, ACT Hoskinstown, NSW Hume, ACT Isaacs, ACT Isabella Plains, ACT Kambah, ACT Macarthur, ACT Marchmont, NSW McKellar, ACT Mitchell, ACT Monash, ACT Nanima, NSW Nicholls, ACT Nimmitabel, NSW Numeralla, NSW O'Connor, ACT O'Malley, ACT Palerang, NSW Queanbeyan, NSW Richardson, ACT Rose Valley, NSW Royalla, NSW Springrange, NSW Strathnairn, ACT Symonston, ACT The Angle, NSW Urila, NSW Wallaroo, NSW Winifred, NSW
