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| image = Neobatrachus pelobatoides.jpg<br />
| status = LC <br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| taxon = Neobatrachus pelobatoides<br />
| authority = ([[Franz Werner|Werner]], 1914)<br />
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The '''humming frog''' (''Neobatrachus pelobatoides'') is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Limnodynastidae]].<br />
It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to Australia. Its natural [[habitat]]s are temperate [[forest]]s, temperate [[shrubland]], Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent freshwater [[marsh]]es, rocky areas, [[arable land]], pastureland and open excavations.<br />
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==Description==<br />
The humming frog is a plump frog with protuberant eyes that grows to a length of about {{convert|5|cm}}. The back is yellowish or greyish-brown in colour, dappled with darker markings and dotted with small warts. Some individuals have a red or a white streak along the spine. The underside is pale. The feet of females have webbing to halfway along the toes while the feet of males are fully webbed. This species gets its common name from the characteristic trill made by males at breeding time.<ref name=FrogsAustralia>{{cite web|url=http://www.frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=57 |title=''Neobatrachus pelobatoides'' |work=Australian Frog Database |publisher=Frogs Australia Network |access-date=2012-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321185812/http://frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=57 |archive-date=2012-03-21 }}</ref><br />
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==Distribution and habitat==<br />
The humming frog is endemic to the south western part of [[Western Australia]], its range extending from [[Geraldton]] to [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]]. It is found in both sandy and clay areas of deserts and agricultural land at altitudes up to {{convert|600|m}} and is a burrowing species.<ref name=FrogsAustralia/><ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" /><br />
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==Biology==<br />
In the hottest part of the summer the humming frog buries itself deeply, sheds its skin to make a cocoon and [[Aestivation|aestivates]].<ref name=Flanigan/> During this period of [[dormancy]] its [[Metabolism|metabolic activity]] diminishes by up to 86% and its oxygen requirement is much reduced.<ref name=Flanigan>{{cite journal |author1=Flanigan, James E. |author2=Withers, Philip C. |author3=Guppy, Michael |year=1991 |title=In vitro metabolic depression of tissues from the aestivating frog ''Neobatrachus pelobatoides'' |journal=Journal of Experimental Biology |volume=161 |pages=173&ndash;183 |url=http://jeb.biologists.org/content/161/1/273.full.pdf+html }}</ref> It emerges when the rains arrive in autumn and early winter and then finds its way to under water air pockets pools and other water bodies to breed. Females lay up to a thousand [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] and the tadpoles undergo [[metamorphosis]] into juvenile frogs after about four months of development.<ref name=FrogsAustralia/><ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts |date=2004 |title=''Neobatrachus pelobatoides'' |volume=2004 |page=e.T41177A10408765 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41177A10408765.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Status==<br />
The [[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] lists the humming frog as being of "[[Least Concern]]". The frog has an extensive range, some of which is in protected areas, has few threats and the population seems stable.<ref name=iucn/><br />
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[[Category:Neobatrachus]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians of Western Australia]]<br />
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