About this minute

Title
Pobblebonk Frog
Recordist
Vicki Powys
Contributor
British Library Wildlife Sound Archive
Year
1992 – 1993
Location
Australia and New Zealand
Collections
Collection 1
Related resource guides
Field Recordings , Calls , Calls , Frog , Frog , Natural world , Natural World , Pitch

Collection 1 #14

You just heard the sound of Pobblebonk Frogs! Pobblebonk Frogs live in Australia and New Zealand. They are famous for their call, which sounds like the ‘bonk’ of a banjo string being plucked. In fact, they are sometimes called Banjo Frogs because of it. It’s the male frogs who make the sound, and when one…

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