Heleioporus
Stuttering Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus)
Stuttering Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus), New England region, New South Wales.
A nicely marked but threatened species which once extended from northern NSW to Victoria. However it is rare and possibly extinct south of Sydney and its populations to the north are fragmented and affected by chytrid fungus. The bright blue in the upper iris helps to distinguish it from other barred frogs which occur across its range.
I found this male at night in the leaf litter along the banks of a creek. After a heavy downpour several male frogs emerged from the leaf litter and began calling perched high on granite boulders along the stream.
Stuttering Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus)
Stuttering Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus), New England region, New South Wales.
A nicely marked but threatened species which once extended from northern NSW to Victoria. However it is rare and possibly extinct south of Sydney and its populations to the north are fragmented and affected by chytrid fungus. The bright blue in the upper iris helps to distinguish it from other barred frogs which occur across its range.
I found this male at night in the leaf litter along the banks of a creek. After a heavy downpour several male frogs emerged from the leaf litter and began calling perched high on granite boulders along the stream.