Sand Frog

Southwest zone of Western Australia. On the Darling Range from Gerladton south to Walpole and east to Mt Barker. Inland to Coorow and Dongolocking.The extent of occurrence of the species is approximately 78500 km2.

Confined to angular fine-grained sands and sandy clays.Males call from burrows in April and May. Amplexus and oviposition takes place in the burrows in the banks of watercourses. Embryos develop in the froth of the nest until the flooding of the burrow stimulates them to hatch. They can delay hatching for a considerable amount of time.

No known declines and extent of occurrence > 20,000km2.ThreatsNone known.Conservation MeasuresNone in place.

The sand frog (Heleioporus psammophilus) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to southern Western Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.