Feature Articles
- Quacking Frog
The call is a loud ‘quack…quack…quack.’
- Magnificent Tree Frog
Has a slow, deep barking call.
- Humming Frog
The low hum made by these frogs is only audible from close by.
- Sunset Frog
‘Duk-duk’ Calling is strongest on the hottest days - totally unlike any other frog species in Western Australia!
- Northern Dwarf Tree Frog
The call of this frog is a 'reek, reek, reek'.
- Orange Bellied Frog
Males make a series of short clicks, like the sound made by pulling your tongue from the roof of your mouth. The call is similar to that of the white-bellied frog,but there are only about 11 clicks in each burst (compared to about 15 in the white-bellied frog). The clicking is only just slow enough to count and changes with temperature; warmer frogs call faster.
- Karri Frog
The call is a 'tk tk tk tk'.
- Rocket Frog
After one or two short notes, a long series of ‘wick, wick, wick’ sounds are made.
- Moaning Frog
The males call from their burrows in autumn, making a loud, low moan.
- Sandplain Froglet
The call has been described by eminent biologist Bert Main as a ’squelch, rather like drawing a wet finger over a balloon.’
- White Bellied Frog
Males make a series of short clicks, each click like the sound made by pulling your tongue from the roof of your mouth. There are about 15 clicks in each burst.
- Sandhill Frog
The species makes a squelching noise.
- Turtle Frog
Abrupt,deep croaks are made.
- Orange-Crowned Toadlet
A short, harsh ’sark’ is emitted.
- Whooping Frog
Its call is a repetitive ‘woop woop’.
- Spotted Burrowing Frog
Spotted burrowing frogs make a rapid, high-pitched, repeated ‘coo’. This has been compared with the call of an owl.
- Yellow-flanked Burrowing Frog
The call is said to resemble the hoot of an owl. This is low-pitched and repeated slowly.
- Spotted-Thighed Frog
The call has been described by well known biologist Bert Main as ‘like the distant sound of wood being sawn’.
- Northern Toadlets
Some species have a call consisting of one or more clicks. Others make a squelching.
- Granite Froglet
The call, a ‘baa…baa…baa’, is high-pitched.
- Walpole Frog
An incessant ‘tick,tick,tick’ is the call of the male Walpole frog trying to attrack a female whith which to mate.
- Green Tree Frog
'Wark wark wark'. The call is very deep.
- Desert Tree Frog
A cackling call.
- Slender Tree Frog
Slender tree frogs emit a harsh grating screech, incorporating grunts.
- Glauert’s Froglet
The call is a long, hollow rattle, rather like the sound of a pea in a can.
- Roth’s Tree Frog
Roth’s tree frog makes a call similar to raucous laughter.
- Guenther's Toadlet
The call is a grating squelch.
- Western Banjo Frog
This frog makes an unmistakable loud, deep, explosive ‘bonk’.
- Motorbike Frog
In spring, this species calls from water, making a sound like a motorbike changing gears: 'grrrr grrr grr'.
- Green Bellied Froglet
A 'tik tik tik tik' sound is made.
- Sand Frog
The call a ‘put put’, is said to resemble the noise made by a small outboard motor.
- Water Holding Frog
This has been described as a snoring ‘maw-w-w-w…maw-w-w-w’.
