Frog Species of the Perth Metropolitan Area and their Habitat Requirements
Groundfrogs
Crinia sp.
Breeding Biology - Shallow pools to a depth of 5-10cm to waterlogged soils. Breeds late autumn to early winter.
Tadpole development 120 –150days
Except for Crinia georgiana 35-45days
Associated Habitat - Logs, rocks, leaf litter, fine tufted sedges and ushes (Isolepis cernua), where they can call.
Burrowing frogs
Heleioporus sp.
Limnodynastes sp.
Breeding Biology - Males come down from the upper landscape to the edge of the wetland and burrow to about 30cm. Breeding takes place and the tadpoles are flushed out when the winter rains flood the burrow.
Tadpole development 60-80 days
Associated Habitat - In non-breeding times the adult frogs live on the higher ground in amongst the leaf litter. In the breeding season(opening rains) the males call for approximately 4 weeks on the edge of the wetland. They burrow in amongst a mixture of tall fine sedges and rushes (Schoenoplectus sp), to shrubs (Astartea sp.)
Tree frogs
Litoria moorei
Litoria adelaidensis
Breeding Biology - Breeds in water over 20cm in depth from late winter to late spring and summer.
Tadpole development 60-80days.
Associated Habitat - Lives near water throughout the year. Are very mobile and will range over many hundreds of metres over night. Likes to sit on broad strap-ilke plants (Baumea preissii), rocks, logs etc through the year.
Hi,
I am a pre primary teacher and would like to teach my class about frogs. I would like to get some frog spawn but have no idea where to get some. Our school backs onto an established lake, so I would like to release the frogs into it, so that we can monitor them.
If you can help in any way that would be great!
Thank you
Hayley Backhouse
Hi. I had been lookin for tadpole at local lakes thinkin i would get heaps. got nothinn but gambisis or minnow. they are introduce to control mosquito larvae. if they are local they will eat the frogs eggs so no more tadpoles. i came across a marron farm out gidgiganup WA way which stocks them. they are pest to them as tadpoles eat marron food which cost more n marron wont grow as big. If you are local to perth, email me n ill give ya his number or i have over 100 in tank atm. hope this was helpfull
cheers
I have 2 frog ponds with a great variety of frogs living &/or breeding in them. Most of the frogs I can identify but there’s a small (tiny) black frog with white stripes that I can’t find any info on. Anybody know?