New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles
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DSC_9552 Yellow-spotted bell frog (Ranoidea castanea) adult female. Differs from the Southern bell frog (Ranoidea raniformis) in the presence of large yellow spots on the flash markings of groin and hind legs. Also has a distinctively different 'grunting' advertisement call, lacking the drawn out introductory 'growl' of the other two green frogs. Thought to be extinct in Australia until recently when it was re-discovered on the Southern Tablelands of ACT and NSW *
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