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Common Nursery-frog
Cophixalus ornatus
Family :"Nursery Frogs"
 Microhylidae
Description :Body 25mm. Various colour patterns, mainly grey to brown, pale blotch above groin, occasionally a dark "w" on back. Belly is lighter with grey to brown flecks. No tadpole stage, froglets are fully developed when they hatch.
Typical Habitat :Rainforest and wet eucalypt forest.
Distribution :Cairns to Townsville.
Introduced :No
Seen North Qld :  Yes

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