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Red-crowned Toadlet - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pseudophryne australis

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 22 Mar 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Red-crowned Toadlet 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 predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Burragorang	Known	None
Cumberland	Known	None
Hunter	Known	None
Illawarra	Known	None
Kerrabee	Known	None
Moss Vale	Known	None
Pittwater	Known	None
Sydney Cataract	Known	None
Wollemi	Known	None
Wyong	Known	None
Yengo	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Red-crowned Toadlet - 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
  - 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3482 Burragorang Gorges Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3477 Burragorang Gorges Moist Fern Forest
  - 3496 Western Hunter Colluvial Grey Gum Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 1675 Scribbly Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bossiaea rhombifolia heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3667 Southern Highlands Enriched Sandstone Forest
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
  - 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
  - 3586 Northern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3587 Pearl Beach Sand Forest
  - 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3589 Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3591 Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
  - 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3594 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
  - 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
  - 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
  - 3598 Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
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- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - 3602 Burragorang Permian Sandstone Grey Gum-Peppermint Forest
  - 3603 Hawkesbury Escarpment Bloodwood Forest
  - 3604 Hunter Range Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3605 Hunter Range Ironbark Forest
  - 3606 Hunter Range Peppermint Moist Gully Forest
  - 3607 Hunter Range Rockplate Scrub
  - 3608 Hunter Range Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - 1666 Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Fringe Myrtle - Scaly Phebalium heathy woodland on exposed sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 3611 Nattai Plateau Bloodwood-Peppermint Forest
  - 3612 Nattai Plateau Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3614 Southern Highlands Sandstone Peppermint Forest
  - 3615 Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - 3619 Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
  - 3616 Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
  - 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
  - 3620 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
  - 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
  - 3622 Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
  - 1631 Sydney Peppermint - Narrow-leaved Stringybark semi-mesic open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 3623 Western Blue Mountains Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3625 Wingecarribee Sandstone Shrub Forest
  - 3626 Wollemi Plateau Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3627 Wollemi Plateau Yertchuk-Stringybark Woodland
  - 1667 Yertchuk - Grey Gum heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3687 Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
  - 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
  - 3689 Shoalhaven Escarpment Peppermint-Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 1630 Sydney Peppermint - Grey Gum heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
  - 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
  - 3693 Upper Blue Mountains Peppermint Dry Forest
  - 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland
  - 3695 Western Blue Mountains Peppermint Sheltered Forest
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- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3630 Kurri Sand Heathy Woodland
  - 3631 Kurri Sand-Clay Woodland
  - 3632 Mellong Sand Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3633 Mellong Sand Swamp Woodland
- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 1709 Broom Bush - Allocasuarina gymnanthera heathy woodland on sandstone outcrops of the Sydney Basin
  - 1671 Brown Bloodwood - Dwyer's Red Gum - Red Ironbark heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 3785 Goulburn River Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3780 Goulburn River Ironbark-Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 1672 Red Ironbark - Grey Gum - Black Pine heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 1669 Red Ironbark - Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Brown Bloodwood shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - 1711 Tantoon - Lepyrodia leptocaulis shrubland on sandstone drainage lines of the Sydney Basin
  - 3766 Ulan Sandstone Damp Shrubland
  - 3777 Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3778 Western Hunter Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3783 Western Hunter Rocky Sandstone Ironbark Forest
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Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4057 Sydney Creekflat Swamp Mahogany-Paperbark Forest
  - 4058 Sydney Hinterland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
  - 4059 Sydney Hinterland Sandy Creekflat Shrub Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 4156 Maroota Sands Swamp Forest
  - 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - 4010 Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
  - 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
  - 3896 Budderoo-Morton Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3919 Southern Highlands Wet Swamp Heath
  - 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
  - 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
  - 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
  - 3941 Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub
  - 3945 Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp
  - 3949 Southern Highlands Sand Swamp Sedgeland

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3314 Central Hunter Slopes Grey Box Forest
  - 3321 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest

Heathlands
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 4127 Colo Plateau Dwarf Apple Heath-Woodland
  - 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
  - 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
  - 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
  - 3813 Sydney Hinterland Dwarf Apple Low Woodland
  - 3814 Woronora Plateau Heath-Mallee
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- Sydney Montane Heaths
  - 636 Allocasuarina nana heathland at Genowlan Point, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - 3857 Blue Mountains Rocky Mallee Heath
  - 3862 Newnes Plateau Rockplate Heath
  - 3863 Upper Blue Mountains Mallee Heath
  - 3865 Western Blue Mountains Pagoda Scrub
  - 3866 Wollemi Rockplate Scrub
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- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3800 Bouddi Headland Wallum Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
  - 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3111 Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
  - 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
  - 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
  - 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
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Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
  - 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
  - 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
  - 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
  - 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
  - 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
  - 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
  - 3261 Sydney Sandstone Plateau Shale Forest
  - 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
  - 3263 Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
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- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest

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
  - 3138 Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
  - 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
  - 3225 Western Blue Mountains Colluvial Apple Forest
  - 3226 Western Blue Mountains Montane Wet Fern Forest

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