Southern Bell Frog

Description: The Southern Bell Frog has a pale green mid-dorsal stripe with large black spots on its back. The back is rough and warty, the belly is coarsely granular and the thighs turquoise. The fingers are not webbed, but the toes are almost fully webbed.

Male size: 55-65 mm
Female size: 60-104 mm

Breeding: The eggs are pigmented and deposited in a floating raft which later sinks. The tadpoles can grow up to 100 mm long. They are pinkish-grey with yellow fins. Tadpoles take 1 year to develop reaching 100mm length.

SA Distribution: Found throughout the swamps of the River Murray and South East. Introduced into Adelaide Hills in early 1970s. .

Habitat: Found in large permanent waterbodies with abundant growth of vegetation near the bank, such as Bool Lagoon.

Call: Call is a long growl followed by series of shorter growls.