That's great Kristen! Great photos! I wonder why they're called Banjo frogs .....do their calls resemble the banjo?
Originally Posted by Kristen
Thanks Autumn
and I have no clue why they're called that, but I do know why they're called Pobblebonks, Cause their call is kind of a "bonk" heres a link with they're call on it Frogs Australia Network - Australian Frog Database - Limnodynastes dumerilii - Eastern Banjo Frog , and the frog that I found is not the one in the picture, I found Limnodynastes dumerilii insularis, (a sub-species)
"The frog is also
called the pobblebonk after its
distinctive 'bonk' call, which is likened
to a banjo string being plucked."
According to wikipedia