Nature conservation

Threatened species

Southern Bell Frog - Murray Darling Depression: 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 Murray Darling Depression Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Darling Depression Predicted None
South Olary Plain Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Southern Bell Frog - Murray Darling Depression 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