Size: Length - females 70mm, males 45mm.

Identification: A light grey to brown sharp-snouted frog with a smooth back and some irregular blotches. The groin is yellow blotched with black hind surface of thighs with black and yellow pattern. Fingers and toes are long. Breeding males are a bright lemon-yellow.

Call/Song: The mating call is a low, whirring call which is nearly inaudible.
      sound: Dave Stewart - used with permission


Habitat: The Stony Creek Frog is found in a variety of habitats in and around streams that have stony beds.


Feeding: 

Breeding/Nesting: Eggs are laid in a solid gelatinous mass on the bottom of pools or in slow moving water.. The tadpoles are dark with a low tail fin.

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Status:  Uncommon


Distribution: 

Abundance:


Queensland Museum (1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.