The bumpy rocket frog (''Litoria inermis''), also known as Peters' frog, is a species of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...
in the subfamily
Pelodryadinae
Pelodryadinae, also known as Australian treefrogs (although not all members are arboreal), is a subfamily of frogs found in the region of Australia and New Guinea, and have also been introduced to New Caledonia, Guam, New Zealand, and Vanuatu. ...
. It is abundant and
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to Australia, where it is found from northern Australia south to
Maryborough, Queensland
Maryborough ( ) is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Maryborough had a population of 15,287.
Geography
Maryborough is located on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia, approxima ...
.
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
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s of the Bumpy rocket frog are subtropical or tropical swamps, dry
savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
, 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
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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