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Pobblebonk

Limnodynastes dumerilii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Great Otway National Park
35 Verified records at Great Otway National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Limnodynastes dumerilii is a frog species from the family Limnodynastidae. 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, when tadpoles of the species were found in 1999 and destroyed. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Pobblebonk sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park

Striped Marsh Frog
LC Endemic

Striped Marsh Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Limnodynastes peronii

10–20% · With luck
Spotted Grass Frog
LC Endemic

Spotted Grass Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

<5% · Rare
Common Eastern Froglet
LC Endemic

Common Eastern Froglet

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Crinia signifera

10–20% · With luck
Southern Smooth Froglet
LC Endemic

Southern Smooth Froglet

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Geocrinia laevis

Insufficient data
Southern Toadlet
LC Endemic

Southern Toadlet

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Pseudophryne semimarmorata

Insufficient data
Southern Bell Frog

Southern Bell Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ranoidea raniformis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
5–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
10–20
Aug
20–30
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
2 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
6 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pobblebonk in Great Otway National Park?

About 13% of wildlife watchers report a Pobblebonk sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Pobblebonk in Great Otway National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Pobblebonk in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.

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