Nature conservation

Threatened species

Spotted Tree Frog - Australian Alps: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Litoria spenceri
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 22 Feb 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The 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 Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the 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.

  • Alpine complex
    • Alpine Bogs and Fens
      • 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
      • 3891 Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
      • 3892 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
    • Alpine Fjaeldmarks
      • 3881 Alpine Snowpatch Feldmark
      • 3882 Alpine Windswept Feldmark
    • 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
      • 3884 Alpine Snowpatch Grassland
      • 3885 Alpine Snowpatch 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
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3306 Kosciuszko Alpine Ash High Wet Forest
      • 3309 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Moist Shrub Forest
      • 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
      • 3296 Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
      • 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
      • 3298 Monaro Ranges Montane Gully Forest
      • 300 Ribbon Gum - Narrow-leaved (Robertsons) Peppermint montane fern - grass tall open forest on deep clay loam soils in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western Kosciuszko escarpment