Species:

Crinia remota

Remote Froglet

Some other names for this species:

Torrid Froglet, Paperbark Froglet

November 17, 2009
Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Remote Froglet (Crinia remota)
Remote Froglet (Crinia remota)

These were among the smallest frogs I’ve ever seen. Four or five of them could fit on a dime.

We found these in a mostly dry muddy swamp. They were very hard to photograph, because they wouldn’t stay in one place for more than a few seconds, and after hopping they would blend in with the dark background nearly perfectly.

I’ve written up an account of this three-week trip to Australia here.