Cave Frog

Litoria cavernicola Tyler & Davies 1979

Species Info Card | Updated 1 decade ago

A moderate-sized species with a flattened appearance and possessing medium-long hindlimbs. There is a large and distinct tympanum and conspicuously expanded discs on the fingers and toes; the toes are extensively webbed. Green to reddish-brown with coarsely granular dorsal skin.

Breeding Biology

Males call from trees among large boulders or caves, or by shallow pools on rock platforms. Eggs are laid in shallow rock pools. Nothing is currently known about the tadpoles.

Habitat

Occurs in caves, ledges or trees on massive sandstone boulders and rock platforms.

 

Etymology

The species name means 'cave-dweller'.

General

This frog only occurs in the northwest Kimberley in the high rainfall zone. Rarely encountered.

From the Mitchell Plateau south and west to the Prince Regent River Nature Reserve. A western Kimberley endemic species.

A soft repetitive honking.