What sorts of Frogs are these wee beasties?

[meshe1969]

It's a Banjo.

 

[meshe1969]

Probable a northern,

http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/terraereginae/

 

[Earthling]

Probable a northern,

http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/terraereginae/

Yes I think youve got it! Thanks for that, I apreciate it.
Nice looker isnt he?
I noticed on all distribution maps I looked at, hes not meant to be where he is.....hes about 250kms too far west.
Is there a particular mob that would be interested in that info?

 

[meshe1969]

There are a few different Banjos and they are very similar, can you give me a town and I will check.

This shows some of the distribution, but it doesn't cover yours I don't think?

http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/dumerili/

 

[JasonL]

In general 250km is nothing, reptiles are found outside their "ranges" all the time, usually it isn't recorded though.

 

[meshe1969]

http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=44

This distribution map seems a bit broader?

 

[eipper]

HI all,

The first frog could iher be Litoria rothi or L. peroni...without a side on shot it is hard to confirm..distribution may help

The next few frogs are O. ornatus the genus recently validated by the work of Frost in the USA(the Australian component was mainly done by Steve Donnellan).

The last frog looks like Limnodynastes terrareginae, they are often transported around in plants etc.....also a note on distributions.....many books have faults, different resources give different results.....eg if you search a species distribution on a Museum site you get the records for that Museum or that wildlife dept etc.

They do not take into account translocated specimens.

Cheers,
Scott Eipper