What do banjo frogs eat

The males call to attract the silent females, usually between October and January. However if the weather is favourable the Eastern Banjo Frog can call at any time of the year.

Up to 90mm long, this frog is not as dependant on water as some frogs. When water is scarce it burrows into the ground. If you've ever dug up a frog in your garden, it was probably a Banjo Frog. Their diet includes insects and worms but they will eat almost anything they can capture. Note: When handling frogs please always wet and sterilise your hand first or wear gloves to avoid passing chemicals across to the frog which may kill it.

Care should also be taken since human skin is highly absorbent and some frogs such as cane toads also have poisons that they secrete from glands under their skin. Search form Search. There are five subspecies of Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii , but the most familiar has light brown skin, heavily mottled with dark brown or steel grey. Banjo frogs are quite warty and are large by frog standards up to 8 cm. All across eastern Australia and Tasmania.

Other subspecies vary in colour and live in south-east Queensland, the Snowy Mountains, and Tasmania. All across eastern Australia and in Tasmania, near large ponds or lakes, the distinctive calls of the Eastern Banjo Frog can be heard.

This has led to their nickname, the Pobblebonk. There are five subspecies of Eastern Banjo Frog, but the most familiar has light brown skin, heavily mottled with dark brown or steel grey. Heavy rains across much of eastern Australia cause Banjo Frogs to leave their usual haunts and move about the countryside in search of a mate. The breeding season will last from August through to April, and during this time you will hear their familiar call.

As the frogs become ready for mating, the male develops a dark yellow or green throat, while the female grows large flaps of skins, called flanges, on the first two fingers. They take four to five months to develop into frogs, although tadpoles in colder areas may take much longer. Breeds during spring to autumn. It is divided into five subspecies, each differing in their distribution and only slightly in call and colour. Looks similar to Heleioporus australiacus , Neobatrachus pictus , and Neobatrachus sudellae in its distribution, but all of these species have a vertical pupil instead of a horizontal pupil, as well as different back colours and patterns.

Also looks very similar to Limnodynastes interioris and Limnodynastes terraereginae in its distribution, but is usually smaller and has less toe webbing than Limnodynastes interioris , and lacks the distinct inner red thighs of Limnodynastes terraereginae. Download the FrogID app and you can discover which frogs live around you and help us count Australia's frogs!