How to Identify Myobatrachidae

Key Identification Features

• The sides are coppery grey, with a distinct black stripe that runs from the nostril through the eye, along the sides, and joins at the base of the hind legs.
• A distinct dark triangular marking is located on the upper lip, and the legs bear darker bands.
• Due to its unusual physical form, its distinctive features are thought to be inherited from early frog lineages that date back to the early Tertiary or late Mesozoic eras.
• The closest relatives of the turtle frog, which share most of its distinctive traits, are sandhill frogs and forest toadlets.

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