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Threatened species

Yellow-spotted Tree Frog - Australian Alps: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Litoria castanea
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Yellow-spotted Tree Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Australian Alps Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Snowy Mountains Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Yellow-spotted Tree Frog - Australian Alps is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Forested wetlands
    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4063 Central and Southern Tableland River Oak Forest
      • 4064 Central Eastern Ranges River Oak Forest
      • 4065 Central Tableland Riverine Complex
      • 4067 Deua Riparian Wattle Scrub
      • 4071 Far South Hinterland Riparian Scrub
      • 4081 Northwest River Oak-River Red Gum Forest
      • 4075 Northwest River Red Gum-River Oak Sheltered Forest
      • 85 River Oak forest and woodland wetland of the NSW South Western Slopes and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 4083 Southeast Tableland Rocky Riparian Scrub
      • 4084 Southern Escarpment River Oak Forest
      • 4085 Southwest Tableland Gorges Riparian Shrubland
      • 1270 Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands
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    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 360 Gilgai wetland mosaic in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
      • 465 Reedland - tussock grass - segeland fen swampy wetland of impeded creeks in southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
      • 335 Tussock grass - sedgeland fen - rushland - reedland wetland in impeded creeks in valleys in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
      • 766 Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands
      • 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
      • 3934 Eastern New England Granite Wet Heath
      • 3935 Eastern New England Rocky Riparian Scrub
      • 3936 Ebor Basalt Wet Heath
      • 3939 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Wet Meadow
      • 3940 Liverpool Range Swampy Tea-tree Shrubland
      • 607 Montane bogs on the western fall of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3933 New England Orange Gum Boggy Woodland
      • 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
      • 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
      • 3937 Northern Escarpment Granitoid Wet Heath
      • 582 Sedgeland fens wetland of impeded drainage of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3948 Southeast Subalpine Bog
      • 3951 Southern Tableland Ranges Boggy Open Woodland
      • 3954 Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
      • 3955 Western New England Granites Riparian Scrub
      • 3956 Western New England Wet Tea-tree Scrub
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    • Montane Lakes
      • 3978 Morass Margin Shallow Wetlands
      • 3979 Northern Basalt Benches Intermittent Swamps
      • 3980 Southern Lacustrine Herbfield
      • 3981 Tableland Semi-permanent Shallow Wetlands
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 3366 Central Tableland Clay Apple Box Grassy Forest
      • 3367 Central Tableland Granites Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3368 Central Tableland Limestone Woodland
      • 3369 Central Tableland Ranges Peppermint-Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3370 Central Tableland Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 3372 Dalton Hills Grassy Stringybark Forest
      • 3373 Goulburn Tableland Box-Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3374 Goulburn Tableland Peppermint Grassy Forest
      • 3375 Monaro-Queanbeyan Rolling Hills Grassy Forest
      • 3376 Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3377 Southwest Foothills Apple Box Grassy Forest
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 3385 Southern Tableland Creekflat Swamp Woodland
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3341 Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
      • 3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
      • 3400 Southwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Woodland
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
      • 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
      • 3294 Central Tableland Peppermint-Gum Montane Forest
      • 3303 Central Tableland Ribbon Gum Sheltered Forest
      • 3295 Crookwell-Taralga Basalt Grassy Forest
      • 3296 Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
      • 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
      • 3298 Monaro Ranges Montane Gully Forest
      • 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest
      • 3302 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Dry Forest
      • 3304 Southern Tableland Swamp Flats Shrub Woodland
      • 3305 Sydney Montane Basalt Moist Forest
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