The Remote Froglet (Crinia remota) is a small frog of the Australian Top End. Unfortunately, although I have managed to record a few species of Crinia while in Australia, I have never managed to see one of the little buggers! They are tiny frogs that call from flooded grassy areas and seem to stop calling/disappear as soon as you approach or shine a light on them. 😒
So once again I am forced to rely on the generosity of others who have agreed to allow their photos to be used under a Creative Commons License. The photo above was taken by Aaron Bean (username beaniana08 on iNaturalist) and is used under the terms of the Creative Commons license he granted to iNaturalist.org.
The call of the Remote Froglet is an ascending trill, somewhat remniscent of the calls of many of our North American Chorus Frog (Pseudacris species). This chorus was calling from a grassy, flooded roadside ditch in Kakadu National Park northwest of the town of Jabiru on a rainy January night at the beginning of 2024.
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