Images Dated 2008 October

The Tiny Wallum Sedge Frog

The tiny sedgefrog hiding in the undergrowth of plants growing in a pond. (Litoria olongburensis) - also known as the sharp-snouted reed frog. It is one of a group of frogs that depend on lowland wallum habitat. Wallum is the aboriginal name for the banksia Banksia aemula that usually dominates the sandy soils of coastal southern Queensland and New South Wales