Nature conservation

Threatened species

Southern Bell Frog - Riverina: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Litoria raniformis
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 03 Nov 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Southern Bell Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Riverina Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Lachlan Known None
Murray Fans Known None
Murray Scroll Belt Known None
Murrumbidgee Known None
Robinvale Plains Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Southern Bell Frog - Riverina is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Alpine complex
    • Alpine Bogs and Fens
      • 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
      • 3891 Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
      • 3892 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
    • Alpine Heaths
      • 3878 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassy Open Heath
      • 3879 Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
      • 3880 Namadgi Subalpine Rocky Shrubland
    • Alpine Herbfields
      • 3883 Alpine Short Herbfield
      • 3886 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassland
      • 3887 Kosciuszko High Peaks Alpine Grassland
      • 3888 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Wet Meadow
      • 3889 Nimmo-Long Plain Frosty Dry Grassland
  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3300 Southeast Escarpment Peaks Dry Shrub Forest
    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 344 Argyle Apple - Acacia mearnsii valley open forest of the Yass - Rye Park region of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and adjoining NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
      • 351 Brittle Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark open forest in the north-western part (Yass to Orange) of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 730 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Gum dry open forest of the Central Tablelands area of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
      • 3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
      • 3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
      • 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
      • 3743 Monaro Ranges Exposed Shrub Forest
      • 345 Red Box - Tumbledown Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box dry woodland, upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3745 Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 4153 Central West Tumbledown Gum-Pine Shrub Forest
  • Forested wetlands
    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4085 Southwest Tableland Gorges Riparian Shrubland
    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 11 River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 8 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - Couch Grass riparian tall woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
      • 79 River Red Gum shrub/grass riparian tall woodland or open forest wetland mainly in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
      • 2 River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
      • 17 Lignum shrubland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) plains (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 240 River Coobah tall shrubland wetland of the floodplains in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
      • 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
      • 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
      • 336 Rush - Sedge - Common Reed mainly lentic channel wetland of the Upper Murray and mid-Murrumbidgee River floodplains in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
      • 12 Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 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
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    • 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
      • 3939 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Wet Meadow
      • 3942 Monaro Creekflat Peat Swamp
      • 4164 New England Peppermint Swamp Margin Woodland
      • 3944 New England Tableland Carex Fens
      • 3954 Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
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    • Montane Lakes
      • 3981 Tableland Semi-permanent Shallow Wetlands
  • Grasslands
    • Temperate Montane Grasslands
      • 3413 Monaro Kangaroo Grass Woodland-Grassland Complex
      • 3414 Monaro Snowgrass-Kangaroo Grass Grassland
      • 1110 River Tussock - Tall Sedge - Kangaroo Grass moist grasslands of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3415 Southern Tableland Red Grass-Spear Grass Grassland
      • 3416 Southern Tableland Valley Flats Damp Grassland
      • 1289 Wallaby Grass - Red-grass - Tall Speargrass - Kangaroo Grass dry tussock grassland of the North-western and Eastern Southern Tablelands in the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3378 Yass Gorge Rhyolite Grassland
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 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
      • 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
      • 3380 Jounama Snow Gum Shrub Woodland
      • 3381 Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland
      • 3382 Kosciuszko Eastern Slopes Mountain Gum Forest
      • 3383 Kosciuszko Subalpine Hollows Black Sally Woodland
      • 3384 Mount Canobolas Grassy Forest
      • 3385 Southern Tableland Creekflat Swamp Woodland
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    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3341 Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • 3348 Southern Tableland Granites Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
      • 3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
  • Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
    • Inland Floodplain Woodlands
      • 13 Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion