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Threatened species

Peppered Tree Frog - New England Tablelands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Last updated: 01 Nov 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Peppered Tree Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the New England Tablelands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Armidale Plateau	Known	Above 800 m altitude
Glenn Innes-Guyra Basalts	Predicted	None
Nightcap	Known	Above 800 m altitude
Northeast Forest Lands	Known	Above 800 m altitude
Stanthorpe Plateau	Known	Above 800 m altitude
Wongwibinda Plateau	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Peppered Tree Frog - New England Tablelands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
  - 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3502 Maryland Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3503 Northeast New England Granites Stringybark Forest
  - 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
  - 3505 Northeast New England Stringybark Grassy Forest
  - 3506 Stanthorpe Plateau Flats Gum-Stringybark Woodland
  - 3507 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3508 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau White Gum Flats Forest
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- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3455 Clarence Gorges Granite Grassy Forest
  - 3456 Clarence Gorges Grey Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3458 Gibraltar Range Gorge Stringybark Forest
  - 3459 Koreelah Ironbark Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3470 Macleay Gorges Riverflat Grassy Forest
  - 3461 Macleay Gorges Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3462 Northern Gorges Blakes Wattle Rock Scrub
  - 3463 Northern Gorges Granite Stringybark-Apple Grassy Forest
  - 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
  - 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3466 Northern Gorges Red Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3460 Northern Gorges Sheltered Grassy Forest
  - 3468 Nymboida Rhyolite Moist Forest
  - 3471 Upper Guy Fawkes Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 4159 Nightcap Rhyolite Rocky Red Gum Woodland
- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3673 Chaelundi-Mann River Granite Scrub Woodland
  - 3674 Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
  - 3675 Far North Peaks Scrub Woodland
  - 3677 Lower North Escarpment Rocky Shrub Woodland
  - 3678 Mount Munningyundo Rocky Shrubland
  - 3679 Northeast New England Ranges Blackbutt Dry Forest
  - 3681 Nymboida Rocky Slopes Low Forest
  - 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
  - 3684 Timbarra Granite Strawberry Gum-Stringybark Woodland
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Forested wetlands
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4066 Clarence Valley River Oak Wet Forest
  - 4069 Far North Creekline Wet Forest
  - 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest
  - 4073 Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
  - 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
  - 4079 Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
  - 4080 Northwest River Oak-Apple Forest
  - 4081 Northwest River Oak-River Red Gum Forest
  - 4075 Northwest River Red Gum-River Oak Sheltered Forest
  - 1270 Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands
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Freshwater wetlands
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3934 Eastern New England Granite Wet Heath
  - 3935 Eastern New England Rocky Riparian Scrub
  - 3936 Ebor Basalt Wet Heath
  - 3940 Liverpool Range Swampy Tea-tree Shrubland
  - 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
  - 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
  - 3937 Northern Escarpment Granitoid Wet Heath
  - 3947 Northern Escarpment Montane Swamp Forest
  - 3956 Western New England Wet Tea-tree Scrub
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Grassy woodlands
- New England Grassy Woodlands
  - 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
  - 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
  - 3353 Guyra Silvertop Stringybark Moist Forest
  - 3350 Macleay Gorge Rims Shrub Woodland
  - 3358 New England Fuzzy Box Grassy Forest
  - 3359 New England Hills Stringybark-Box Woodland
  - 3361 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark-Apple Forest
  - 3357 Western New England Flats Apple-Box Grassy Forest
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - 3344 New England Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3345 New England Snow Gum-Black Sally Woodland
  - 3346 Northeast Plateau Snow Gum Valley Woodland

Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3818 Barool Tea-tree-Bottlebrush Rocky Scrub
  - 3819 Bellinger Escarpment Rockplate Mallee Heath
  - 3821 Bulldog Geebung-Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3823 Cascades Cypress-Tea-tree Riparian Forest
  - 3827 Eastern New England Leucogranite Mallee Scrub
  - 3848 Eastern New England Rock Oak Heath
  - 3829 Eastern New England Rocky Tea-tree Scrub
  - 3830 Far North Basalt Scarp Tea-tree Scrub
  - 3832 Far North Pomaderris notata Scrub
  - 3833 Gibraltar Range Rocky Shrubland
  - 3835 Mann River Tea-tree Scrub
  - 3825 Mid North Escarpment Rock Outcrop Scrub
  - 3836 Mole River Wattle-Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3834 Mount Warning Caldera Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3840 Mount Warning Sheltered Spear-lily Scrub
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3843 Northern Escarpment Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3844 Nymboida Granite Gorge Scrub
  - 3847 Timbarra Granite Rocky Heath-Woodland
  - 3828 Western New England Felsic Rock Shrubland
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Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3050 Mount Bajimba Antarctic Beech Rainforest
  - 3051 Mount Royal Range Cool Temperate Rainforest
  - 3052 Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
  - 3053 Northern Escarpment Sassafras Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
  - 3057 Chaelundi-Carrai Rocky Peaks Myrtle Scrub
  - 3061 Clarence-Richmond Riverine Rainforest
  - 3062 Coraki Sandstone Rises Dry Rainforest
  - 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
  - 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
  - 3072 Glenugie Peak Dry Rainforest
  - 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
  - 3089 Lower North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
  - 3091 Lower North Waterhousea-Water Gum Rainforest
  - 3092 Lower Richmond Floodplain Waterhousea Forest
  - 3010 Lower Richmond Lowland Hills Dry Rainforest
  - 3469 Macleay Gorges Low Scrubby Dry Rainforest
  - 3097 Northern Escarpment Dry Rainforest
  - 3098 Northern Escarpment Grey Myrtle Gully Rainforest
  - 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
  - 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
  - 3103 Nymboida Water Gum-Myrtle Riparian Forest
  - 3104 Richmond Valley Riparian Waterhousea Forest
  - 3109 Southern Lismore Basalt Dry Rainforest
  - 3112 Tenterfield Hills Dry Rainforest
  - 3113 Timbarra Sheltered Gorges Vine Thicket
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3027 Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
  - 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
  - 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
  - 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
  - 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
  - 3034 Northern Gorges Riparian Rainforest
  - 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3042 Tenterfield Rocky Gully Rainforest
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- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
  - 3005 Far North Floodplain Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3007 Far North Lowland Black Bean Riverine Rainforest
  - 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
  - 3008 Far North Lowland Sub-Littoral Rainforest
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3006 Far North Riverine Bangalow Palm Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3012 Far North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
  - 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
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Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
  - 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3243 Lower North Sheltered Valley Red Gum Forest
  - 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
  - 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
  - 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
  - 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
  - 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
  - 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
  - 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3255 Nymboida Acacia blakei Shrubland
  - 3256 Rivertree Creekflat Moist Grassy Forest
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- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3146 Dorrigo Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3281 Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
  - 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3058 Clarence Gorges Rocky Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
  - 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
  - 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
  - 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3088 Lower North Valleys Red Gum Wet Forest
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3102 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
  - 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3178 Washpool Outcrops White-topped Box Forest
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
  - 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
  - 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3680 Northern Escarpment Ash Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
  - 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
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