Limnodynastes fletcheri
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Limnodynastes fletcheri tadpole
Copyright © Marion Anstis
Distribution map
Distribution Map of Limnodynastes fletcheri
Copyright © Hal Cogger
Status
IUCN Classification:
Not listed
(International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Bioregion occurrence:
(this is not a distribution map)
- East Central Queensland
- South-East Uplands
- Naracoorte-Yorke-Eyre
- Channel Country
- Murray Darling Basin
State occurrence:
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Limnodynastes fletcheri
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Barking Frog; Long-thumbed Frog
Description: This frog is light grey or brown on its back with darker blotches and spots. There is often a pink or purplish patch on the back of each upper eyelid. The skin on its back is smooth with low round warts. The belly is white and smooth. There is webbing at the base of the toes.
Size: 50 mm
Habitat: This frog lives in water-covered grassy areas and around the banks of large lakes and rivers. It is often found under rocks and logs, and in yabby burrows.
Call: A single dog-like "bark", "rok" or "whuck" sound. Call available in 
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Quicktime audio. Recording Copyright © David Stewart.
Breeding: Males call from the water amongst vegetation, often after rain. Breeding usually occurs during spring and autumn.
Eggs: Are laid in a large floating foam nest, often attached to reeds.
Tadpoles: Can range in colour from translucent whitish gold with an olive tint to an opaque grey-brown to olive brown. The tadpoles of this species can swim quickly when disturbed.
Similar species: This species can be distinguished from Limnodynastes tasmaniensis through its pink/purple eyelids and the irregular shaped blotches on its back.
Conservation Information
Suspected threatening processes
- Direct human impact/urbanisation/tourism
- Inappropriate catchment management, including degraded water quality
- Habitat modification (e.g. vegetation clearing, invasive weeds)
Population size: An estimate of the total number of adults present in the species entire range is >50000 individuals. Factors affecting population size and distribution are unknown or unsubstantiated.
Population trend in Australia over the past 50 years: Population trend unknown; no information on habitat changes.
Knowledge of population trend in Australia: Not currently monitored.
Population concentration: Not known to concentrate or exist in discrete locations. (e.g. the number of sites in which individuals group together either seasonally, such as breeding sites, or they may occupy discrete habitat patches within the broader landscape, such as discrete water bodies or drainage units.)
Ongoing management activities in Australia: None directed primarily at the taxon.
Reproductive potential for recovery: The average number of eggs deposited per adult female per year is 201-1000 eggs/female/year. Minimum age at which females are known or suspected to first reproduce is <2 years.
Range size in Australia: The size of the geographic area over which the taxon is distributed: 80,001-1,000,000 km² (up to 12% area of Australia or about the area of South Australia).
Distribution trend: Decline, if any, unknown. (This is an estimate of change in the portion of the total range that is occupied or utilised; it may not equal the change in total range.)
Knowledge of distribution in Australia: Broad range limits or habitat associations are known, but local occurrence cannot be predicted accurately.
References
Anstis, M. 2002. Tadpoles of South-eastern Australia. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
Barker, J., G.C. Grigg and M.J. Tyler. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton.
Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. Reed Books: Sydney.
Robinson, M. 2002. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Sydney.