Frogs of the Perth Metropolitan Region
The frog species which can be found in the Perth Metropolitan Region are divided into two areas: The Darling Range, and The Swan Coastal Plain.
Frogs Found in the Darling Range
Whooping Frog
Heleioporus inornatus
Look for: plain brown back and sides
Breeding Season: late autumn
Male Call: whoop whoop whoop
Crawling Frog
Pseudophryne guentheri
Look for: short arms and legs, crawls
Breeding Season: winter
Male Call: short, sharp grating sound
Sand Frog
Heleioporus psammophilus
Look for: body with grey and brown mottling
Breeding Season: late autumn
Male Call: high pitched trilling ‘purr’
Chocolate Spotted Frog
Heleioporus albopunctatus
Look for: white or yellow spots on brown body
Breeding Season: late autumn
Male Call: Coo
Humming Frog
Neobatracus pelobatoides
Look for: thin red line down centre of back
Breeding Season: winter
Male Call: humming sound
Lea’s Frog
Geocrinia leai
Look for: Smooth, pale green belly
Breeding Season: winter
Male Call: tk tk tk tk
Hooting Frog
Heleioporus barycragus
Look for: yellow spots on sides
Breeding Season: Late autumn
Male Call: owl like “hoot”
Bleating Crinia
Crinia pseudinsignifera
Look for: belly with grey spots
Breeding Season: winter to early spring
Male Call: ba ba ba
Frogs Found in the Swan Coastal Plain
Motorbike Frog
Litoria moorei
Look for: webbed toes, green and gold back
Breeding Season: late spring through summer
Male Call: grr,grr,grr (like a motorbike changing gears)
Quacking Frog
Crinia georgiana
Look for: red patches between legs, red or gold eyelids
Breeding Season: winter
male Call: a loud ‘quack’
Slender Tree Frog
Litoria adelaidensis
Look for: webbed toes, yellow or red spotting on back of legs
Breeding season: late winter and spring
Male Call: single, loud ’screech’
Turtle Frog
Myobatrachus gouldii
Look for: small head on fat body, skin loose fitting
Breeding Season: late summer
Male Call: deep croaks
Moaning Frog
Heleioporus eyrei
Look for: brown and grey back with yellow patch on side of body
Breeding Season: late autumn
Male Call: a long drawn out moan
Clicking Crinia
Crinia glauerti
Look for: belly lumpy with black and white patchwork
Breeding Season: winter through to early summer
Male Call: like a “pea rattling in a can”
Banjo Frog
Limnodynastes dorsalis
Look for: red around base of legs, pale line down centre of back
Breeding Season: winter and spring
Male Call: single, very loud ‘bonk’
Squelching Crinia
Crinia insignifera
Look for: belly with grey spots
Breeding Season: winter
Male Call: a low ’squelch’
Source: Western Australian Museum Alcoa Frog Watch Fact Sheet
Published by WA Museum, Francis Street, Perth Telephone 9427 2750
