Ecology and Behaviour
This species is associated with flowing streams and creeks in rainforest and adjacent wet scleophyll and Antarctic Beech forest. Males make a "ok-ok-ok-ok-ok" or "arrrrk" call from leaf litter beside streams after rain during spring and summer. Eggs are laid in a dug out nest in gravel and leaf litter in shallow flowing water. Tadpoles are large, reaching 65mm in length. Metamorphosis takes about 200 days and metamorphs measure about 20mm and resemble the adult, except the iris colour is copper-red.
The extent of decline of this species has been difficult to measure due to the lack of historical records of sites and abundance.
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