AUSTRALIAN POISONOUS FROGS

Pseudophryne occidentalis

Family: Myobatrachidae Genus: Pseudophryne Species: occidentalis Common Names Orange-Crowned Toadlet Countries Australia
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Taxonomy and Biology

Adult length: 30mm

Description

Dorsal surface, flanks arms and legs are grey to deep brown with or without some darker spotting and with a variably defined orange coccygeal stripe, an orange, sub-triangular or T-shaped marking on the snout and a yellow to orange blotch at the base of the forearm. Flanks are often darker or a different shade of grey or brown and sometimes variably defined by a blackish line from the snout, through the eye and continued along the upper flanks. Ventral surface is marbled or mottled with black and white with a mainly brown throat

Habitat

Arid and semiarid terrain near permanent or temporary creeks, waterholes and claypans in shallow tunnels, under rocks or debris.

Habits

No information available

Prey

No information available

Poison Activity

Poison Type: Pumiliotoxins, Pseudophryamines