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Heleioporus Burrowing Frogs
Heleioporus
Heleioporus is a genus of frogs native to Australia. Of the six species in this genus, five live in south-west Western Australia, while the other one species only occurs in south-eastern Australia. All members of this genus are medium to large sized burrowing frogs with rounded heads, short bodies, bulging eyes, short limbs and the hands are free from webbing. The toes are relatively short with only a trace of fleshy webbing. A characteristic of this...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Moaning Frog
speciesHeleioporus eyrei
Western Spotted Frog
speciesHeleioporus albopunctatus
Giant Burrowing Frog
speciesHeleioporus australiacus
Hooting Frog
speciesHeleioporus barycragus
Sand Frog
speciesHeleioporus psammophilus
Whooping Frog
speciesHeleioporus inornatus
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 22041.