Ecology and Behaviour
The Great Barred Frog is a ground-dwelling frog, which inhabits rainforests, Antarctic beech forests or wet sclerophyll forests. This frog breeds in both streams and ponds and calls from the surrounding land. All the other frogs of the genus Mixophyes breed only in streams. The mating call is a very loud "wark-wark-wark" which is occasionally followed by a softer "bwak-bwak".
The male and female Great Barred Frog will enter the water for amplexus. After laying the eggs, the female will flick them onto the bank for development. The eggs will then be washed into the stream or pond after the first rain, and hatch into tadpoles.
The Great Barred Frog is almost always found near running water. Its powerful legs, and webbed feet allow it to escape predation by hopping large distances into water, and quickly swimming away.
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