Litoria Inermis
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The bumpy rocket frog (''Litoria inermis''), also known as Peters' frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is abundant and endemic to Australia, where it is found from northern Australia south to
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Description

Adults are about , tadpoles about . They are brown or grey with many small warts and darker patches on their backs. Their toes are half to three-quarters webbed, and the fingers are not webbed.


Vocalizations

Similar to the striped rocket frog (''L. nasuta''), their calls are a few 'clucks', then a rapid series of 'weks' for some seconds, then a few more 'clucks'.


Habitat

The natural habitats of the Bumpy rocket frog are subtropical or tropical swamps, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes, especially around rain-filled pools.


Reproduction

Their eggs are laid in clumps of about 96 to 330 brown eggs on temporary pool surfaces.Tyler (1992), p. 20.


Footnotes


References

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1042632 Litoria Amphibians of Western Australia Amphibians of the Northern Territory Amphibians of Queensland Endemic fauna of Australia Amphibians described in 1867 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Frogs of Australia