Nature conservation

Threatened species

Stuttering Frog - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Mixophyes balbus
Conservation status in NSW: Endangeredexternal link
Commonwealth status: Vulnerableexternal link
Last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Stuttering Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Burragorang Predicted None
Ettrema Known None
Illawarra Known None
Jervis Known None
Moss Vale Known None
Sydney Cataract Predicted None
Wollemi Known None
Wyong Known None
Yengo Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Stuttering Frog - Sydney Basin 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)
    • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3472 Bungonia Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3473 Bungonia Slates Shrubby Open Forest
      • 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
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    • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
      • 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
      • 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
      • 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
    • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1553 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
      • 3503 Northeast New England Granites Stringybark 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
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    • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3510 Capertee Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
      • 1088 Red Box - Grey Gum - stringybark woodland on talus slopes of the western Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3557 Banyabba Creekflat Orange Gum-Paperbark Forest
      • 3558 Banyabba Rockplate Shrub Woodland
      • 3559 Chambigne Mahogany-Brown Bloodwood Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3672 Carrai-Werrikimbe Blackbutt Dry Shrub Forest
      • 3673 Chaelundi-Mann River Granite Scrub Woodland
      • 3674 Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
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    • South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
      • 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
      • 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
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    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
      • 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
      • 3645 Deua Rocky Slopes Woila Gum Woodland
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    • 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
      • 3737 Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
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    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
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    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3600 Burragorang Escarpment Heath
      • 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
      • 3693 Upper Blue Mountains Peppermint Dry Forest
    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 4162 Elderslie Banksia Scrub
      • 3630 Kurri Sand Heathy Woodland
      • 3631 Kurri Sand-Clay Woodland
      • 3634 Quorrobolong Sand Flats Forest
    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 889 Inland Scribbly Gum - Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest on hills of western Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4024 Cumberland Blue Box Riverflat Forest
      • 4025 Cumberland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
      • 4035 Far South Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4063 Central and Southern Tableland River Oak Forest
      • 4072 Hunter River Oak Mesic Forest
      • 4073 Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
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    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
      • 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
      • 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
      • 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
      • 3914 Northern Sands Chorizandra Sedgeland
    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
      • 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
      • 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
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    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3926 Barrington Granodiorite Subalpine Swamp Woodland
      • 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
      • 3928 Blue Mountains Damp Coral Fern Swamp
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
      • 4052 South Coast Low Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 1683 Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass grassy open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment and Barrington Tops
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 703 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
      • 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 3366 Central Tableland Clay 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
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    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3339 Guyra Basalt Snow Gum Woodland
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  • Heathlands
    • Southern Montane Heaths
      • 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
    • Sydney Coastal Heaths
      • 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
      • 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
      • 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
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    • Sydney Montane Heaths
      • 636 Allocasuarina nana heathland at Genowlan Point, Sydney Basin Bioregion
      • 3857 Blue Mountains Rocky Mallee Heath
      • 3858 Budawang Rockplate Shrubland
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  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 1521 Black Olive Berry - Black Sassafras cool temperate rainforest in high altitude areas of the Barrington Tops and New England Tablelands
      • 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 3050 Mount Bajimba Antarctic Beech Rainforest
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    • Dry Rainforests
      • 2079 Blakes Wattle - Wilga - Wild Quince - Kurrajong thickets, NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tablelands Bioregion
      • 3055 Carnham Dry Rainforest
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 3134 Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 2101 Black Wattle - Hill Kanuka - Coachwood - Mountain Banksia - Soft Corkwood low closed forest on shallow soils of the Dorrigo Escarpment, NSW North Coast Bioregion
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
      • 3026 Comboyne Plateau Warm Temperate Rainforest
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    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
      • 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3047 Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 4105 Border Ranges Red Carabeen Rainforest
      • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
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    • Western Vine Thickets
      • 3119 Upper Hunter White Box Vine Thicket
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
      • 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3144 Craven Grey Box Grassy Forest
      • 3063 Craven Grey Box Wet 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
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    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
      • 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
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    • 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
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
      • 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3140 Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3200 Meldrum High Plateau Wet Forest
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
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    • Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3209 Blue Mountains Basalt Cap Forest
      • 3210 Blue Mountains Cool Wet Eucalypt Forest
      • 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
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