AUSTRALIAN POISONOUS FROGS
Pseudophryne occidentalis
Taxonomy and Biology Adult length: 30mm Description Dorsal surface, flanks arms and legs are grey to deep brown with or without some darker spotting and with a variably defined orange coccygeal stripe, an orange, sub-triangular or T-shaped marking on the snout and a yellow to orange blotch at the base of the forearm. Flanks are often darker or a different shade of grey or brown and sometimes variably defined by a blackish line from the snout, through the eye and continued along the upper flanks. Ventral surface is marbled or mottled with black and white with a mainly brown throat Habitat Arid and semiarid terrain near permanent or temporary creeks, waterholes and claypans in shallow tunnels, under rocks or debris. Habits No information available Prey No information available Poison Activity Poison Type: Pumiliotoxins, Pseudophryamines
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