A SELECTION OF AUSTRALIAN AMPHIBIANS

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Selection of Australian Frogs

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REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS

A Selection of
AUSTRALIAN FROGS AND TOADS


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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

DISTRIBUTION

Tusked Frog

Adelotus brevis

Mid north coast of NSW to Eungella in mid north QLD along the coast, extending inland to the ranges

Slender Frog
or Northern Whistling Frog

Austrochaperina gracilipes

Northern tip of the Cape York region, and just north of Cooktown, Qld

Southern Ornate Nursery Frog

Cophixalus australis

Atherton Tablelands, Mt, Bellenden Ker, Mt Bartle Frere, Tully, and Innisfail

Northern Flinders Ranges Froglet

Crinia flindersensis

SA (Northern Flinders Ranges)

Common Eastern Froglet

Crinia signifera

Southeastern South Australia, Victoria, eastern New South Wales, Tasmania and southeastern Queensland,

Asian Common Toad

Asian Black-spined Toad
(INTRODUCED)

 

Duttaphrynus melanostictus

 

Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, 
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Macau, Malaysia, 
Singapore, and  Indonesia
(report any sightings)

Giant Burrowing Frog

Heleioporus australiacus

South-eastern coast of Australia (NSW,Vic)

Eastern Banjo Frog
or Pobblebonk

Limnodynastes dumerili

Southeastern South Australia, Victoria, eastern New South Wales, Tasmania and southeastern Queensland

Striped or Peron's Marsh Frog

Limnodynastes peronii

Eastern NSW and Queensland, Southern Victoria and the South-east of South Australia

Spotted Marsh Frog

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

NSW, Victoria, Canberra, eastern South Australia, eastern Tasmania, and the southeastern half of Queensland

Northern Banjo Frog or Scarlet-sided Pobblebonk

Limnodynastes terraereginae

Eastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, Australia.

Green and Golden Bell Frog

Litoria aurea

Australia (NSW,Vic)
(Introduced into New Zealand, New Caledonia and New Hebrides)

*Slender Bleating Tree Frog

Litoria balatus (Split from Litoria dentata)

East coast of Southern Queensland

Australian Green Tree Frog
or Whites Tree Frog

Litoria caerulea

Australia and New Guinea,
(feral populations occur in the USA and possibly in New Zealand)

South Australian Brown Tree Frog

Litoria calliscelis (Split from Litoria ewingi)

South Australia:- Fleurieu Peninsular from the coast to the River Murray, through the Southern Flinders Ranges to the Port Augusta Region

Australian Red-eyed Tree Frog

Litoria chloris

Coastal regions of Southeastern Qld and Northeastern NSW

Growling Green-eyed Tree Frog
or Fringed Tree Frog

Litoria eucnemis

The ranges on the eastern and western sides of the Cape York Peninsula, in QLD

Brown Tree Frog

Litoria ewingi

Southeastern corner South Australia, Victoria, eastern New South Wales, and Tasmania

Broad-Palmed Rocket Frog

Litoria latopalmata

Qld, NSW and extending into northeastern SA

Peron's Tree Frog

Litoria peronii

Southeastern South Australia, parts of Victoria, eastern New South Wales, and south-eastern Qld

Warty Bell Frog

Litoria raniformis

Southeastern SA, through Victoria and into NSW, Tasmania (Introduced into New Zealand)

Whirring Tree Frog

Litoria revelata

Various populations on the east coast of Australia from the Sydney region to North Qld

White-lipped Tree Frog

Litoria infrafrenata

Queensland, Australia
New Guinea, Indonesia,
(introduced into Java)

Western Laughing Tree Frog
(New Species 2023)

Litoria ridibunda
(Split From Litoria rothi)

Northern WA and northern NT, then east to the Mount Isa and Normanton regions of QLD

Roth's Tree Frog
or Northern Laughing Tree Frog

Litoria rothi

Distribution (reduced in 2023 - only found in Qld.):- Occurs in the Mount Isa and Normanton regions, east to the Cape York region and then south to near Brisbane, QLD.

Desert Tree Frog
(Red Tree Frog
or Ruddy Treefrog)

Litoria rubella

Northern WA and the Top End of the NT, east to the Cape York region and then south to near Brisbane, QLD

Magnificent Tree Frog

Litoria splendida

Found in the far north of WA and NT

Stony Creek Frog

Litoria wilcoxii

East coast of Australia from Ingham, Queensland to Sydney NSW

Orange Thighed Frog

Litoria xanthomera

Found throughout the Wet Tropics of QLD.

Painted Burrowing Frog

Neobatrachus pictus

Found in the southwest of NSW, western VIC, and southeast of SA.

Great Barred Frog

Mixophyes fasciolatus

Coastal regions of central and northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland

Giant Barred Frog

Mixophyes iteratus

Coastal regions of northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland

Ornate Burrowing Frog

Platyplectrum ornatum

Northern and eastern Australia, NT, Qld, NSW

Red-crowned Toadlet

Pseudophryne australis

Sydney region and surrounding areas

Bibron's Toadlet

Pseudophryne bibronii

Southeastern South Australia, Victoria, eastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland

Cane Toad
(INTRODUCED)

Rhinella marina (was Bufo marinus)

South and mainland Middle America, Introduced into many countries.
In Australia, it is found in the northern WA and NT, as well as northern and eastern Queensland, extending into north-eastern NSW

DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the links below for more information

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

Qld = Queensland

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)


LINKS OF INTEREST

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Alcoa Frogwatch WA

Western Australian Museum


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