#1983 · 🐸 amphibians
Eastern Banjo Frog
Limnodynastes dumerilii
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what is it?
Limnodynastes dumerilii is a frog species from the family Myobatrachidae. The informal names for the species and its subspecies include eastern or southern banjo frog , and bull frog . The frog is also called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, which is likened to a banjo string being plucked. There are five subspecies of L. dumerilii , each with different skin coloration. The species is native to eastern Australia. There has been one occurrence in New Zealand,...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,561 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1863 (163 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Banjo Frog
- scientific name
- Limnodynastes dumerilii
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Limnodynastidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,561
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1863
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Limnodynastidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 22038, Wikidata Q2701701, GBIF 2429581, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.