Kimberley Spadefoot

Notaden weigeli

A large and relatively long-legged Notaden species with raised tubercles on the skin. The back is an orangey red with numerous white-tipped orange tubercles and indistinct grey-green patches; face grey with white tubercles; belly grayish.

Breeding

Probably breeds in rock pools and other available water bodies in the wet season.

Call

A loud 'whoop'.

Eggs

Unknown.

Tadpoles

Unknown.

Other Notes

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Distribution

Known from Mitchell Plateau, Prince Regent River Nature Reserve and inland to Mount Elizabeth Station.

Habitat

Acid sands associated with sandstones and supporting tussock grasses (Triodia and Plectrachne), eucalypts and Acacia.