Frog ID

[Jumala]

this funky little guy was in one of the chickens water dishes. Luckily it was only chicks and not the full grown hens I wouldn't have liked his chances.
Any ideas?


and no I didn't get out the white nikko pen or photoshop the pic before anyone asks
cheers
Ange

 

[dintony]

Not sure whjat they are.... but I just had the exact same looking frog in my kitchen!!

Only 5 mins ago!

 

[andyscott]

Juvenile Cain Toad....:lol::lol::lol: LOL

 

[dintony]

Jusat looked on frogsaustralia.net.au


Looks like a
Limnodynastes peronii
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Striped Marshfrog; Brown-striped Frog; Brown Frog

 

[dintony]

http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=40

 

[Reptilia]

also try frogs.org.au

 

[meshe1969]

Hi, how big was it?

 

[redbellybite]

Looks like what we call a rocket frog not sure though as i am not into the scientific names of froggys but i love em all .and its def not a cane toad ........RBB

 

[smacdonald]

Possibly an ornate burrowing frog Opisthodon ornata. They don't normally have rough skin, but a friend of mine just told me it's not uncommon. Where did you take the pic?

Stewart

 

[smacdonald]

That should be Opisthodon ornatus. i thought they'd changed the gender of the specific epithet when they moved the species from Limnodynastes to Opisthodon, but apparently they didn't.

Stewart

 

[Jumala]

the photo was taken in Gordonvale, south of Cairns. It was only about 2cm long. I didn't think it was an ornate burrowing because it was not rotund with a blunt nose. However it did have the digging tubercule on the sole of its back feet. So cheers Stewart, I'll go with that. Damn that means my husbands guess was right - no way I'm telling him though >
Thanks for the replies

 

[Noongato]

We've always called them banjo frogs. They make a funny "donk" noise late at night.

 

[tnarg]

It is definately Opisthodon ornatus, the ornate burrowing frog. Not a cane toad.

 

[salebrosus]

It is definately Opisthodon ornatus, the ornate burrowing frog. Not a cane toad.

You would be surprised at how many people do kill a frog etc believing it to be a cane toad.