AUSTRALIAN POISONOUS FROGS

Taxonomy, Biology and Poison Activity

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Pseudophryne covacevichae

Family: Myobatrachidae

Genus: Pseudophryne

Species: covacevichae

Common Names

Magnificent Broodfrog

Countries

Australia

 

 
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Taxonomy and Biology

Adult length: 25mm

Description

Dorsal surface is reddish brown with some small black blotches, a bright red, rusty brown, orange or yellow sub-triangular shaped marking which is confluent with a vertebral stripe, irregular band or zone of similar colour at midbody and a more yellowish coccygeal stripe which extends to a yellow blotch covering the cloaca. Flanks are black dotted, speckled or peppered with white and grey. Arms and legs are grey with white dotting or peppering except for a bright yellow to orange blotch at the base of the arm. Ventral surface is marbled black and white.

Habitat

Tropical wet coastal open forest.

Habits

No information available

Prey

No information available

Poison Activity

Poison Type: No information available

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