Southern Toadlet

Description: Small species characterised by its short limbs, fingers and toes and by the brilliant yellow or orange areas under the limbs and body. The upper body surface is dark olive green to dark brown with irregular darker flecks, and a broad cream stripe at the rear. The throat and belly are marbled with black and white. There is also a prominent gland on each hindlimb which is usually light brown or orange in colour.

Male size: 25-28 mm
Female size: 25-33 mm

Breeding: Breeds during autumn. Calls under litter and vegetation and in low areas subject to flooding. They are pigmented, loosely clumped and often coated in soil. The tadpole has a dark brown body with clear fins speckled with fine dark flecks. Lays up to 400 eggs at a time.

Call: Call is short, sharp slowly repeated grating "creeeeeeek".

SA Distribution: Restricted to the lower south east, occurring south along a line from Kingston to Naracoorte, continuing east through Victoria.
This is the only Pseudophryne that is found in Tasmania and Bass Strait islands.

Habitat: Found in many damp spots in sclerophyll (Eucalyptus) forests under logs and leaf litter where it lives in small tunnels.