Motorbike Frog

Ranoidea moorei

Range

Southwest Australia, from the Geraldton Sandplains to the Esperance Plains on the south coast of Western Australia; also present on Rottnest Island.

Habitat

Lakes, swamps, garden ponds and farm dams, often around water plants and other vegetation; it also occurs in urban Perth.

Diet

Adults mainly eat arthropods and also smaller frogs, including juveniles of their own species. Tadpoles mainly eat algae but also consume animal matter when available.

Facts

• A male's mating call rises like a motorbike changing through gears, giving the species its familiar common name.

Research sources

• English Wikipedia