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Threatened species

Watson's Tree Frog - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Litoria watsoni

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered external link

Commonwealth status: Endangered external link

Last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Watson's Tree Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Watson's Tree Frog - South Eastern Highlands 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)
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - 3186 Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - 3107 South Coast Red Gum-Fig Sheltered Forest
  - 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3108 South Coast Scarp Wet Vine Forest
  - 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
  - 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
  - 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
  - 3645 Deua Rocky Slopes Woila Gum Woodland
  - 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
  - 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3655 South Coast Escarpment Rocky Scrub
  - 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
  - 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
  - 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
  - 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
  - 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3666 Southeast Mountain Dry Shrub Forest
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- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3585 Morton Plateau Shrub Forest
  - 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3589 Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 1666 Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Fringe Myrtle - Scaly Phebalium heathy woodland on exposed sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3896 Budderoo-Morton Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3901 Far South Hinterland Heath
  - 3903 Far Southeast Lowland Heath Swamp
  - 3902 Far Southeast Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - 3916 Sandstone Cliff Soak
  - 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
  - 3919 Southern Highlands Wet Swamp Heath
  - 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3931 Budawang Escarpment Damp Coral Fern Forest
  - 766 Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands
  - 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
  - 3943 Nadgigomar Sand Swamp Woodland
  - 3949 Southern Highlands Sand Swamp Sedgeland
  - 3950 Southern Highlands Sand Swamp Woodland
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Heathlands
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3815 Eurobodalla Headland Heath
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
  - 3817 Mount Nadgee Heath
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 3867 Bendethera Limestone Wattle Scrub
  - 3868 Big Badja Rocky Heath
  - 759 Burgan - tea-tree - Fringe Myrtle dry heathland on rocky outcrops, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
  - 3870 Far Southeast Mountain Rock Scrub
  - 3871 Far Southeast Mountain Skeletal Rockplate Scrub
  - 3872 Illawarra Basalt Melaleuca Scrub
  - 3873 Milton Volcanics Tick Bush Rocky Scrub
  - 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
  - 3869 Southern Escarpment Montane Heath
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- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
  - 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
- Sydney Montane Heaths
  - 3858 Budawang Rockplate Shrubland
  - 3861 Morton Plateau Rocky Heath-Woodland
  - 3690 Southern Highlands Sandstone Rockplate Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
  - 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
  - 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
  - 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
  - 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3154 Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3212 Far South Escarpment Damp Flats Forest
  - 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
  - 3217 Southeast Escarpment Wet Layered Forest
  - 3218 Southeast High Mountain Wet Layered Forest
  - 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest
  - 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
  - 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
  - 3222 Southern Highlands Shale Margins Moist Forest
  - 3223 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3224 Southern Highlands Swamp Forest
  - 3228 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Siltstones Sheltered Forest
  - 3229 Wyanbene Limestone Sheltered Ribbon Gum Forest
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