Neobatrachus kunapalari
Wheatbelt 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 Dale Roberts
Call recorded by Paulina Wittwer
Calling Period
- Jan
- possible
- Feb
- yes
- Mar
- yes
- Apr
- yes
- May
- yes
- Jun
- peak
- Jul
- peak
- Aug
- possible
- Sep
- yes
- Oct
- yes
- Nov
- yes
- Dec
- possible
Species Information
Description
A large species of frog reaching up to 6 cm in body length. It has a yellow-brown, brown or grey-pink back, with dark brown or black patches. The belly is white. The pupil is vertical, and the iris is silver. Fingers are unwebbed and toes are nearly fully webbed. There is also a black edged metatarsal tubercle on the bottom of each foot: this is a shovel-shaped lump used for burrowing.
Habitats
Occurs in arid areas, often underground in burrows waiting for heavy rain.
Breeding Biology
Eggs are laid as a cluster that sinks to the bottom of the water in flooded claypans and dams in clay soil areas. Tadpoles can reach a total length of up to nearly 9 cm, and are gold-grey in colour. They swim at all depths of water bodies, and take around five months to develop into frogs. Breeds during summer to autumn after heavy rain.
Similar Species
Looks similar to Neobatrachus albipes, Neobatrachus pelobatoides, Neobatrachus sutor, and Neobatrachus wilsmorei in its distribution, but has a different back colour or pattern to all of these species, and is larger than Neobatrachus sutor.