Tusked Frog

Adelotus brevis

Tusked Frog

Description:

• Two 'tusks' on lower jaw; used by males in combat in breeding season
  
• Back with low warts and short folded skin; brown, olive or dark
  
• Belly black and white; marbled or 'salt-and pepper'
  
• Groin, backs of the legs and feet with bright red patches
  
• Head of male huge, almost as big as body
  
• Female 40 mm; male 45 mm
  
• Mistaken for Cane Toads
  

Habitat and range:

• Rainforest, eucalypt forest, pasture and near townships
  
• Declining in parts of their range; from central Qld to southern NSW
  
• Vulnerable
  

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