Copper-backed brood frog

Pseudophryne raveni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Myobatrachidae
Genus:	Pseudophryne
Species:	P. raveni
Binomial name
Pseudophryne raveni Ingram & Corben, 1994

Pseudophryne raveni is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes from Mount Tamborine to Nerang.

Description

Not to be confused with Bufo marinus this toadlet is native to Australia and can be easily distinguished by the following characteristics. Both males and females of this species reach an adult length of 30 millimetres (1.2 in). It's back will be a dark black-red brown or copper. Sides are coppery grey it a distinct black stripe extending from its nostril through its eye, along its sides conjoining with the base of the hind legs. Belly is a marbled black and white.^[1]

Reproduction

Males will let out a drawn out eeaaaaak sound from below cover on solid ground. Large eggs will be laid in moist soil or in chambers excavated by the male under forest floor debris.^[2]

References

1. Wildlife of Greater Brisbane. Brisbane: Queensland Museum. 2007. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-9775943-1-3.
2. Wildlife of Greater Brisbane. Brisbane: Queensland Museum. 2007. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-9775943-1-3.

• Hero, J.-M. 2004. Pseudophryne raveni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.