Family
Hylidae
Description
Tiny, slender agile frog with a sharpley pointed snout. Light grey or brown to rich reddish-brown above. Often mottled with darker.
Habits
Nocturnal
Habitat
Forest, Grassland and reeds around wetlands. Arnhemland. Found in saturated leaf litter in coastal paperbark swamps and in leaf-litter fringing inland creeks and lagoons.
Notes
Australian specimens described as a subspecies (microbelos) of the nominate New Guinea subspecies dorsalis.
Parks
Kakadu National Park
Details
| Common Name: |
Javelin Frog, Dwarf Rocket Frog |
Scientific Name: |
Litoria microbelos |
| Sub Order: |
Unavailable |
Order: |
Anura |
| Class: |
Amphibia |
Category: |
Native |
| Status: |
Least Concern |
Size: |
20mm |
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