Baw baw frog

Description

The Baw Baw frog (Philoria frosti) is a critically endangered species of Australian frog as categorised on the IUCN Red List and listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).Adult length is between 42 and 55 mm.Adults are dark brown and often have brown to dark brown,yellow flecked bellies.These frogs have a prominent parotoid gland behind each eye.Their toes are unwebbed.At hatching,the tadpoles are creamy white and unpigmented,acquiring some colouration and eye pigmentation as they mature.Tadpoles have large yolk sacs and residual mouths,and do not feed until metamorphosis.Metamorphlings have different colouration to the adults.