FrogsAustralian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea) Centralian Tree Frog (Ranoidea gilleni) Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella) Desert Trilling Frog Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) Main’s Frog Long-footed Frog (Cyclorana longipes) Motorbike Frog (Ranoidea moorei) Peron’s Tree Frog Spencer’s Burrowing Frog
Cyclorana longipes, common name of Long-footed Frog, is a medium-sized species of reaching up to 5.5 cm in body length. It has a cream-coloured or yellow-brown back with dark brown patches, and a thin, longitudinal stripe along the middle. The pictured specimen appear to have a hint of an olive-green tone in the brown colour. There is also a horizontal stripe behind the eyes. There is often a dark brown stripe from the tip of the snout to the arm. The belly is white, and the male has a grey throat. The pupil is horizontal and the iris is gold. Fingers are unwebbed and toes are one third webbed, both without discs.
The Cyclorana longipes breed after the early rains of the wet season, laying their eggs in shallow temporary pools. The females will lay up to 2,000 eggs. The tadpoles resemble giant frog tadpoles early in development, with metamorphosis occurring in approximately 30 days.
They are found across a diverse range of environments and soil types.
The specific epithet longipes, is derived from the Latin words longus meaning “long” and pes meaning “foot”.
This species of frog is found across the Kimberley Region of Western Australia and across the Top End of the Northern Territory.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
- Informal: Gnathostomata
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura
- Family: Hylidae
- Genus: Cyclorana
- Species: Cyclorana longipes
Footnote & References
- Long-footed Frog (Cyclorana longipes), Photographs © Steven Burgess
- Frogs And Toads Identification Australia, https://www.facebook.com/groups/2004865429729155/
- Cyclorana longipes Tyler & Martin, 1977, Long-Footed Frog, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cyclorana longipes
- Cyclorana longipes, FrogID, https://www.frogid.net.au/frogs/cyclorana-longipes
- The frogs of Northern Territory, Frogs Of Australia, https://frogs.org.au/frogs/of/Northern_Territory/
FrogsAustralian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea) Centralian Tree Frog (Ranoidea gilleni) Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella) Desert Trilling Frog Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) Main’s Frog Long-footed Frog (Cyclorana longipes) Motorbike Frog (Ranoidea moorei) Peron’s Tree Frog Spencer’s Burrowing Frog
