Small Toadlet

Uperoleia minima Tyler, Davies & Martin 1981

Species Info Card | Updated 1 decade ago

A small (3 cm) species with moderate legs, long unwebbed toes and very coarse tubercular dorsal skin. The back is pale brown and bears slightly darker and indistinct streaks; the glands on the sides are usually golden. There are broad, straw-coloured bands on the upper forearms and patches of scarlet in the groin and behind the thighs.

Breeding Biology

Nothing known.

Habitat

Dense grasslands subject to flooding.

Etymology

minima means 'small' in relation to other species.

General

Similar in most respects to the Stonemason Toadlet (U. lithomoda).

Formerly believed to be restricted to the Mitchell Plateau, it is distributed throughout the northern Kimberley.

A single sharp click produced from the base of grass tussocks.