Cyclorana alboguttata
Copyright © Craig Cleeland
Cyclorana abloguttata tadpole
Copyright © Marion Anstis
Status
IUCN Classification:
Not listed
(International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Bioregion occurrence:
(this is not a distribution map)
- Sub-humid Kimberly-Gulf
- Cape York
- Wet Tropics
- East Central Queensland
- Humid East Coast
- Channel Country
- Murray Darling Basin
State occurrence:
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Cyclorana alboguttata
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Greenstripe Frog; Striped Burrowing Frog
Description: This frog is brown, olive-brown or green on its back with darker flecks and blotches. Most individuals have a yellowish or light green stripe down the spine. A dark streak runs from the snout, through the eye and the tympanum (tight membrane covering the entrance to the ear), breaking into spots and blotches down the side of the body. A skin fold runs above this dark streak. The backs of the thighs are dark with white spots. The belly is granular and white. The skin on the back has scattered warts and ridges. The chest and the throat are smooth and flecked with brown spots. The toes are half webbed.
Size: 65 mm
Habitat: This burrowing frog lives in woodland and cleared areas. It is usually associated with temporary pools and flooded claypans.
Call: A rapid "quarking" sound. Call available in 
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Quicktime audio. Recording Copyright © David Stewart.
Breeding: Males call during spring and summer from beside temporary pools of water.
Eggs: Are laid in clumps near the edge of the water.
Tadpoles: Are large and honey brown or dull white-brown in colour. The tail is translucent yellow-brown.
Similar species: This frog can be distinguished from Cyclorana australis by the short skin folds on its back.
Conservation Information
Suspected threatening processes
- Direct human impact/urbanisation/tourism
- Inappropriate catchment management, including degraded water quality
- Habitat modification (e.g. vegetation clearing, invasive weeds)
Population size: An estimate of the total number of adults present in the species entire range is >50000 individuals. Some factors affecting population size and distribution are known, but 1 or more major factors are unknown.
Population trend in Australia over the past 50 years: Trend unknown but population size suspected to be decreasing.
Knowledge of population trend in Australia: Not currently monitored.
Population concentration: Not known to concentrate or exist in discrete locations. (e.g. the number of sites in which individuals group together either seasonally, such as breeding sites, or they may occupy discrete habitat patches within the broader landscape, such as discrete water bodies or drainage units.)
Ongoing management activities in Australia: None directed primarily at the taxon.
Reproductive potential for recovery: The average number of eggs deposited per adult female per year is 201-1000 eggs/female/year. Minimum age at which females are known or suspected to first reproduce is <2 years.
Range size in Australia: The size of the geographic area over which the taxon is distributed: > 1,000,000 km².
Distribution trend: Decline, if any, unknown. (This is an estimate of change in the portion of the total range that is occupied or utilised; it may not equal the change in total range.)
Knowledge of distribution in Australia: Broad range limits or habitat associations are known, but local occurrence cannot be predicted accurately.
References
Anstis, M. 2002. Tadpoles of South-eastern Australia. Reed New Holland: Sydney.
Barker, J., G.C. Grigg and M.J. Tyler. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton.
Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. Reed Books: Sydney.
Robinson, M. 2002. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Sydney.