Quacking Frog
Crinia georgiana
Summary 2
The quacking frog (Crinia georgiana) also known as the red-thighed froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to southwest Western Australia. Occurs in a variety of habitats, especially woodlands and near granite outcrops. In a large proportion of matings, several males will simultaneously embrace the female (and often each other) in order to fertilize her eggs. The large arms of the males help them to wrestle for a good position on top of, and underneath, females to achieve fertilization. Eggs are laid singularly in the bottom of pools where tadpoles remain when hatched after 4-6 weeks. Tadpoles can accelerate metamorphosis in response to pond drying or food shortages.
Breeds in winter to spring after rain but if opportunity presents can breed any time of the year.
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- (c) Friends of The Porongurup Range, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Friends of The Porongurup Range
- Adapted by Loxley Fedec from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1082823
