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List of Australian Amphibian Genera

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About 230 of the world's known 5,280 species of frog occur in Australia. Compared with other countries this number is fairly low and may be related to the aridity of most of the Australian continent. Dispite the lack of species there is a great diversity of habitats that is seen among Australian frogs. Variations in rainfall, temperature, altitude and latitude have resulted in a large number of habitats, many of which Australian species inhabit.

During the 1980's declines were reported in Australian frog species. Many of the frogs that were reported as declining were high altitude creek dwelling species that had little or no contact with human activities. This indicated that habitat loss and degredation were not responsible for all the declines. The causes for the dramatic declines is unknown but the chytrid fungus may be a factor. Currently three Australian species of frogs are classified as extinct, 14 listed as critically endangered and 18 listed as endangered. Of the 14 critically extinct species 4 of them haven't been recorded for over 15 years and may now be extinct.

The Australian frog fauna are broken up into 5 families, 6 sub-families and 26 genera.

  • Genus - Cyclorana
  • Genus - Litoria
  • Genus - Nyctimystes
  • Genus - Austrochaperina
  • Genus - Cophixalus
  • Genus - Adelotus
  • Genus - Heleioporus
  • Genus - Lechriodus
  • Genus - Limnodynastes
  • Genus - Mixophyes
  • Genus - Neobatrachus
  • Genus - Notaden
  • Genus - Philoria
  • Genus - Arenophryne
  • Genus - Assa
  • Genus - Crinia
  • Genus - Geocrinia
  • Genus - Metacrinia
  • Genus - Myobatrachus
  • Genus - Paracrinia
  • Genus - Pseudophryne
  • Genus - Spicospina
  • Genus - Taudactylus
  • Genus - Uperoleia
Sub-family - Rheobatrachinae
  • Genus - Rheobatrachus
Genus - Rana
Bufonidae - Gray, 1825
Genus Common Names Threatened Species Example Species Example Photo Australian Range
Bufo
Laurenti, 1768
True toads Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
Hylidae - Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Common Names Threatened Species Example Species Example Photo Australian Range
Cyclorana
Steindachner, 1867
Water holding frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Striped Burrowing Frog (Cyclorana alboguttata) -
Litoria
Tschudi, 1838
Tree frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 6
Endangered - 5
Vulnerable - 5
Near Threatened - 1
White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
Nyctimystes
Stejneger, 1916
Big eyed tree frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 1
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Australian Lace-lid (Nyctimystes dayi ) -
Microhylidae - Günther, 1858
Genus Common Name Threatened Species Example Species Example Photo Australian Range
Austrochaperina
Fry, 1912
Nursery frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Fry's Frog (Austrochaperina fryi) -
Cophixalus
Boettger, 1892
Rainforest frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 1
Endangered - 3
Vulnerable - 3
Near Threatened - 3
Scanty Frog (Cophixalus exiguus)
Myobatrachidae - Schlegel, 1850
Genus Common Name Threatened Species Example Species Example Photo Australian Range
Adelotus
Ogilby, 1907
Tusked Frog Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 1
Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis)
Arenophryne
Tyler, 1976
Sandhill Frog - Sandhill Frog (Arenophryne rotunda) -
Assa
Tyler, 1972
Pouched Frog - Pouched Frog (Assa darlingtoni)
Crinia
Tschudi, 1838
Australian froglets Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 1
Near Threatened - 0
Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera)
Geocrinia
Blake, 1973
Ground froglets Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 1
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 1
Near Threatened - 1
Smooth Frog (Geocrinia laevis) -
Heleioporus
Gray, 1841
Giant burrowing frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 1
Near Threatened - 0
Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)
Lechriodus
Boulenger, 1882
Cannibal frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Fletcher's Frog (Lechriodus fletcheri)
Limnodynastes
Fitzinger, 1843
Australian swamp frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Ornate Burrowing Frog (Limnodynastes ornatus)
Metacrinia
Parker, 1940
Nicholls' Toadlet Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Nicholls' Toadlet (Metacrinia nichollsi) -
Mixophyes
Günther, 1864
Barred frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 2
Vulnerable - 1
Near Threatened - 0
Fleay's Barred Frog (Mixophyes fleayi)
Myobatrachus
Tyler, 1976
Turtle Frog Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) -
Neobatrachus
Peters, 1863
Stubby frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Painted Frog (Neobatrachus pictus) -
Notaden
Günther, 1873
Australian spadefoot toads Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii) -
Paracrinia
Heyer and Liem, 1976
Haswell's Froglet Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Haswell's Froglet (Paracrinia haswelii)
Philoria
Spencer, 1901
Mountain frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 1
Endangered - 5
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Baw Baw Frog (Philoria frosti) -
Pseudophryne
Tyler, 1976
Toadlets or Brood frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 1
Endangered - 2
Vulnerable - 1
Near Threatened - 1
Red-crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis)
Rheobatrachus
Liem, 1973
Gastric brooding frogs Extinct - 2
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Southern Gastric Brooding Frog (Rheobatrachus silus) -
Spicospina
Roberts, Horwitz, Wardell-Johnson, Maxson, and Mahony, 1997
Sunset Frog Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Sunset Frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea) -
Taudactylus
Straughan and Lee, 1966
Torrent frogs Extinct - 1
Critically Endangered - 4
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 1
Eungella Torrent Frog (Taudactylus eungellensis) -
Uperoleia
Gray, 1841
Australian toadlets Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Smooth Toadlet (Uperoleia laevigata)
Ranidae - Rafinesque, 1815
Family Common Names Threatened Species Example Species Example Photo Australian Range
Rana
Linnaeus, 1758
True frogs Extinct - 0
Critically Endangered - 0
Endangered - 0
Vulnerable - 0
Near Threatened - 0
Australian Wood Frog (Rana daemeli) -