Australia

Checklist of Endemic Amphibian Species

This list of amphibian species found exclusively in Australia is based on the species recognized in AmphibiaWeb as of 28 October 2018. For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Additional species added to AmphibiaWeb after 28 October 2018 are listed at the bottom of this page.

Cyclorana alboguttata (Anura - Hylidae) Striped Burrowing Frog

Cyclorana australis (Anura - Hylidae) Giant Frog

Cyclorana brevipes (Anura - Hylidae) Short-footed Frog

Cyclorana cryptotis (Anura - Hylidae) Hidden-ear Frog

Cyclorana cultripes (Anura - Hylidae) Knife-footed Frog

Cyclorana longipes (Anura - Hylidae) Long-footed Frog

Cyclorana maculosa (Anura - Hylidae) Daly Waters Frog

Cyclorana maini (Anura - Hylidae) Main's Frog

Cyclorana manya (Anura - Hylidae) Small Frog

Cyclorana novaehollandiae (Anura - Hylidae) New Holland Frog

Cyclorana occidentalis (Anura - Hylidae) Western Water-holding Frog

Cyclorana platycephala (Anura - Hylidae) Eastern Water-holding Frog

Cyclorana vagitus (Anura - Hylidae) Wailing Frog

Cyclorana verrucosa (Anura - Hylidae) Rough Frog

Litoria adelaidensis (Anura - Hylidae) Slender Tree Frog

Litoria andiirrmalin (Anura - Hylidae) Cape Melville Tree Frog

Litoria aurea (Anura - Hylidae) Green and Golden Bell Frog

Litoria aurifera (Anura - Hylidae) Kimberley Rockhole Frog

Litoria axillaris (Anura - Hylidae) Kimberly Rocket Frog

Litoria barringtonensis (Anura - Hylidae) Barrington Tops Frog

Litoria bella (Anura - Hylidae) Cape York Graceful Tree Frog

Litoria bicolor (Anura - Hylidae) Northern Dwarf Tree Frog

Litoria booroolongensis (Anura - Hylidae) Booroolong Frog

Litoria brevipalmata (Anura - Hylidae) Green-thighed Frog

Litoria burrowsi (Anura - Hylidae) Tasmanian Tree Frog

Litoria castanea (Anura - Hylidae) Yellow-spotted Tree Frog

Litoria cavernicola (Anura - Hylidae) Cave-dwelling Frog

Litoria chloris (Anura - Hylidae) Red-eyed Tree Frog

Litoria citropa (Anura - Hylidae) Blue Mountains Tree Frog

Litoria cooloolensis (Anura - Hylidae) Cooloola Tree Frog

Litoria coplandi (Anura - Hylidae) Copland's Rock Frog

Litoria corbeni (Anura - Hylidae) Tableland Whirring Tree Frog

Litoria cyclorhyncha (Anura - Hylidae) Spotted-thighed Tree Frog

Litoria daviesae (Anura - Hylidae) Davies' Tree Frog

Litoria dayi (Anura - Hylidae) Australian Lace-lid

Litoria dentata (Anura - Hylidae) Bleating Tree Frog

Litoria electrica (Anura - Hylidae) Buzzing Tree Frog

Litoria ewingii (Anura - Hylidae) Southern Brown Tree Frog

Litoria fallax (Anura - Hylidae) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog

Litoria freycineti (Anura - Hylidae) Freycinet's Frog

Litoria gilleni (Anura - Hylidae) Centralian Tree Frog

Litoria gracilenta (Anura - Hylidae) Dainty Tree Frog

Litoria inermis (Anura - Hylidae) Bumpy Rocket Frog

Litoria jervisiensis (Anura - Hylidae) Jervis Bay Tree Frog

Litoria jungguy (Anura - Hylidae) Jungguy Frog

Litoria kroombitensis (Anura - Hylidae) Kroombit Tree Frog

Litoria latopalmata (Anura - Hylidae) Broad-palmed Frog

Litoria lesueurii (Anura - Hylidae) Lesueur's Frog

Litoria littlejohni (Anura - Hylidae) Littlejohn's Tree Frog

Litoria longirostris (Anura - Hylidae) Long-snouted Frog

Litoria lorica (Anura - Hylidae) Armored Frog

Litoria meiriana (Anura - Hylidae) Rockhole Frog

Litoria microbelos (Anura - Hylidae) Javelin Frog

Litoria moorei (Anura - Hylidae) Motorbike Frog

Litoria myola (Anura - Hylidae) Kuranda Tree Frog

Litoria nannotis (Anura - Hylidae) Torrent Tree Frog

Litoria nudidigita (Anura - Hylidae) Leaf Green Tree Frog

Litoria nyakalensis (Anura - Hylidae) Nyakala Frog

Litoria olongburensis (Anura - Hylidae) Olongburra Tree Frog

Litoria pallida (Anura - Hylidae) Pale Frog

Litoria paraewingi (Anura - Hylidae) Plains Brown Tree Frog

Litoria pearsoniana (Anura - Hylidae) Cascade Tree Frog

Litoria peronii (Anura - Hylidae) Peron's Tree Frog

Litoria personata (Anura - Hylidae) Masked Frog

Litoria phyllochroa (Anura - Hylidae) Leaf Green Tree Frog

Litoria piperata (Anura - Hylidae) Peppered Tree Frog

Litoria raniformis (Anura - Hylidae) Growling Grass Frog

Litoria revelata (Anura - Hylidae) Whirring Tree Frog

Litoria rheocola (Anura - Hylidae) Common Mist Frog

Litoria serrata (Anura - Hylidae) Green-eyed Tree Frog

Litoria spenceri (Anura - Hylidae) Spotted Tree Frog

Litoria splendida (Anura - Hylidae) Magnificent Tree Frog

Litoria staccato (Anura - Hylidae) Chattering Rock Frog

Litoria subglandulosa (Anura - Hylidae) Glandulor Frog

Litoria tornieri (Anura - Hylidae) Tornier's Frog

Litoria tyleri (Anura - Hylidae) Tyler's Tree Frog

Litoria verreauxii (Anura - Hylidae) Verreaux's Tree Frog

Litoria watjulumensis (Anura - Hylidae) Watjulum Frog

Litoria wilcoxii (Anura - Hylidae) Stoney Creek Frog

Litoria xanthomera (Anura - Hylidae) Orange-thighed Frog

Austrochaperina adelphe (Anura - Microhylidae) Northern Territory Frog

Austrochaperina fryi (Anura - Microhylidae) Fry's Frog

Austrochaperina pluvialis (Anura - Microhylidae) Rain Frog

Austrochaperina robusta (Anura - Microhylidae) Robust Frog

Cophixalus aenigma (Anura - Microhylidae) Tapping Nursery Frog

Cophixalus australis (Anura - Microhylidae) Southern Ornate Nursery Frog

Cophixalus bombiens (Anura - Microhylidae) Buzzing Nursery Frog

Cophixalus concinnus (Anura - Microhylidae) Beautiful Nursery Frog

Cophixalus crepitans (Anura - Microhylidae) Rattling Frog

Cophixalus exiguus (Anura - Microhylidae) Scanty Frog

Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis (Anura - Microhylidae) Hinchinbrook Island Nursery Frog

Cophixalus hosmeri (Anura - Microhylidae) Hosmer's Frog

Cophixalus infacetus (Anura - Microhylidae) Palmerston Nursery Frog

Cophixalus kulakula (Anura - Microhylidae) Kutini Boulder Frog

Cophixalus mcdonaldi (Anura - Microhylidae) Mount Elliot Nursery Frog

Cophixalus monticola (Anura - Microhylidae) Mountain-top Nursery Frog

Cophixalus neglectus (Anura - Microhylidae) Bellenden Ker Nursery Frog

Cophixalus ornatus (Anura - Microhylidae) Northern Ornate Nursery Frog

Cophixalus pakayakulangun (Anura - Microhylidae) Golden-capped Boulder Frog

Cophixalus peninsularis (Anura - Microhylidae) Cape York Nursery Frog

Cophixalus petrophilus (Anura - Microhylidae) Blotched Boulder Frog

Cophixalus saxatilis (Anura - Microhylidae) Black Mountain Boulder Frog

Cophixalus zweifeli (Anura - Microhylidae) Black Mountain Boulder Frog

Adelotus brevis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tusked Frog

Arenophryne rotunda (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Sandhill Frog

Arenophryne xiphorhyncha (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Sandhill Frog

Assa darlingtoni (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Pouched Frog

Crinia bilingua (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Bilingual Frog

Crinia deserticola (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Desert Froglet

Crinia fimbriata (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Kimberley Froglet

Crinia flindersensis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Flinders Ranges Froglet

Crinia georgiana (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Quacking Frog

Crinia glauerti (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Glauert's Froglet

Crinia insignifera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sign-bearing Froglet

Crinia nimbus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Moss Froglet

Crinia parinsignifera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet

Crinia pseudinsignifera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) False Western Froglet

Crinia riparia (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Flinders Ranges Froglet

Crinia signifera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Common Froglet

Crinia sloanei (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sloane's Froglet

Crinia subinsignifera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Small Western Froglet

Crinia tasmaniensis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tasmanian Froglet

Crinia tinnula (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Wallum Froglet

Geocrinia alba (Anura - Myobatrachidae) White-bellied Frog

Geocrinia laevis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Smooth Froglet

Geocrinia leai (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Lea's Frog

Geocrinia lutea (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Nornalup Frog

Geocrinia rosea (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Roseate Frog

Geocrinia victoriana (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Eastern Smooth Frog

Geocrinia vitellina (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Orange-bellied Frog

Heleioporus albopunctatus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Western Spotted Frog

Heleioporus australiacus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Giant Burrowing Frog

Heleioporus barycragus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Western Marsh Frog

Heleioporus eyrei (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Moaning Frog

Heleioporus inornatus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Plain Frog

Heleioporus psammophilus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sand Frog

Lechriodus fletcheri (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Black-soled Frog

Limnodynastes depressus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Flat-headed Frog

Limnodynastes dorsalis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Western Banjo Frog

Limnodynastes dumerilii (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Eastern Banjo Frog

Limnodynastes fletcheri (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Barking Marsh Frog

Limnodynastes interioris (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Giant Banjo Frog

Limnodynastes lignarius (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Woodworker Frog

Limnodynastes peronii (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Striped Marsh Frog

Limnodynastes salmini (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Salmon-striped Frog

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Spotted Grass Frog

Limnodynastes terraereginae (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Banjo Frog

Metacrinia nichollsi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Nicholl's Toadlet

Mixophyes balbus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Barred Frog

Mixophyes carbinensis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Carbine Barred Frog

Mixophyes coggeri (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mottled Barred Frog

Mixophyes fasciolatus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Great Barred Frog

Mixophyes fleayi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Fleay's Barred Frog

Mixophyes iteratus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Giant Barred Frog

Mixophyes schevilli (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Barred Frog

Myobatrachus gouldii (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Turtle Frog

Neobatrachus albipes (Anura - Myobatrachidae) White-footed Frog

Neobatrachus aquilonius (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Burrowing Frog

Neobatrachus centralis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Trilling Frog

Neobatrachus fulvus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tawny Frog

Neobatrachus kunapalari (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Kunapalari Frog

Neobatrachus pelobatoides (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Humming Frog

Neobatrachus pictus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Painted Burrowing Frog

Neobatrachus sudelli (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sudell's Frog

Neobatrachus sutor (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Shoemaker Frog

Neobatrachus wilsmorei (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Goldfield's Bull Frog

Notaden bennettii (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Holy Cross Frog

Notaden melanoscaphus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Spadefoot Toad

Notaden nichollsi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Desert Spadefoot Toad

Notaden weigeli (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Weigel's Toad

Paracrinia haswelli (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Haswell's Froglet

Philoria frosti (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Baw Baw Frog

Philoria kundagungan (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mountain Frog

Philoria loveridgei (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Loveridge's Frog

Philoria pughi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Mountain Frog

Philoria richmondensis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Richmond Range Mountain Frog

Philoria sphagnicolus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sphagnum Frog

Platyplectrum ornatum (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Ornate Burrowing Frog

Platyplectrum spenceri (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Spencer's Burrowing Frog

Pseudophryne australis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Red-crowned Toadlet

Pseudophryne bibronii (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Bibron's Toadlet

Pseudophryne coriacea (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Red-backed Toadlet

Pseudophryne corroboree (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Corroboree Frog

Pseudophryne covacevichae (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Magnificent Brood Frog

Pseudophryne dendyi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Toadlet

Pseudophryne douglasi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Douglas' Toad

Pseudophryne guentheri (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Gunther's Toadlet

Pseudophryne major (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Large Toadlet

Pseudophryne occidentalis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Orange-crowned Toadlet

Pseudophryne pengilleyi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Corroboree Frog

Pseudophryne raveni (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Copper-backed Broodfrog

Pseudophryne robinsoni (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Central Ranges Toadlet

Pseudophryne semimarmorata (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Toadlet

Rheobatrachus silus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Gastric Brooding Frog

Rheobatrachus vitellinus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Gastric Brooding Frog

Spicospina flammocaerulea (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sunset Frog

Taudactylus acutirostris (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Sharp-snouted Torrent Frog

Taudactylus diurnus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mount Glorious Torrent Frog

Taudactylus eungellensis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Eungella Torrent Frog

Taudactylus liemi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Liem's Tinker Frog

Taudactylus pleione (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Kroombit Tinker Frog

Taudactylus rheophilus (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tinkling Frog

Uperoleia altissima (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Montane Toadlet

Uperoleia arenicola (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Jabiru Toadlet

Uperoleia aspera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Derby Toadlet

Uperoleia borealis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Northern Toadlet

Uperoleia capitulata (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Small-headed Toadlet

Uperoleia crassa (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Fat Toadlet

Uperoleia daviesae (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Howard River Toadlet

Uperoleia fusca (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Dusky Toadlet

Uperoleia glandulosa (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Glandular Toadlet

Uperoleia inundata (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Flood Plain Toadlet

Uperoleia laevigata (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Smooth Toadlet

Uperoleia littlejohni (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Littlejohn's Toadlet

Uperoleia mahonyi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mahony's Toadlet

Uperoleia marmorata (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Marbled Toadlet

Uperoleia martini (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Martin's Toadlet

Uperoleia micra (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tiny Toadlet

Uperoleia micromeles (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tanami Toadlet

Uperoleia minima (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Small Toadlet

Uperoleia mjobergii (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mjoberg's Toadlet

Uperoleia orientalis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Alexandria Toadlet

Uperoleia rugosa (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Wrinkled Toadlet

Uperoleia russelli (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Russell's Toadlet

Uperoleia saxatilis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Pilbara Toadlet

Uperoleia stridera (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Ratcheting Toadlet

Uperoleia talpa (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mole Toadlet

Uperoleia trachyderma (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Blacksoil Toadlet

Uperoleia tyleri (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Tyler's Toadlet

Recently described species added to AmphibiaWeb after 28 October 2018 are listed below. These 9 species added to the 229 listed above total 238 endemic amphibian species for Australia.

Litoria balatus (Anura - Hylidae) Slender Bleating Tree Frog

Litoria quiritatus (Anura - Hylidae) Screaming Tree Frog

Litoria ridibunda (Anura - Hylidae) Western Laughina Tree Frog

Litoria sibilus (Anura - Hylidae) Kangaroo Island Tree Frog

Litoria watsoni (Anura - Hylidae) Watson's Tree Frog

Assa wollumbin (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mount Wollumbin Hip-pocket Frog

Mixophyes australis (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Southern Stuttering Frog

Philoria knowlesi (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Mount Ballow Mountain Frog

Uperoleia gurrumuli (Anura - Myobatrachidae) Gurrumul's Toadlet