Litoria cavernicola
Cave Frog
Distribution
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Conservation Status
What does it mean?
Federal Conservation Status (EPBC Act)
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Frog Calls
Call recorded by Paul Doughty
Calling Period
- Jan
- yes
- Feb
- yes
- Mar
- possible
- Apr
- No calling
- May
- No calling
- Jun
- No calling
- Jul
- No calling
- Aug
- No calling
- Sep
- No calling
- Oct
- No calling
- Nov
- possible
- Dec
- yes
Species Information
Description
A medium-sized species of frog reaching up to nearly 6 cm in body length. It has a green or green-brown back, sometimes changing to brown. The belly is white. The pupil is horizontal and the iris is gold. Fingers are slightly webbed and toes are three-quarters webbed, both with large discs. A taxonomic revision of the Australian treefrogs published in June 2025 has suggested that this species be placed in the genus Pelodryas, resulting in the proposed species name of Pelodryas cavernicola.
Habitats
Occurs in caves and rock crevices in gorges.
Breeding Biology
Eggs are laid loosely over the bottom of rock pools. Tadpoles can reach a total length of up to 6 cm, and are light gold-brown in colour. They often remain at the bottom of water bodies, and and take around one month to develop into frogs Breeds during summer in the wet season.
Similar Species
Looks similar to Litoria caerulea and Litoria splendida in its distribution, but Litoria caerulea has a skin fold on the side of the head, and Litoria splendida has big glands over the entire head and above the shoulders.