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Sphagnum Frog - New England Tablelands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Philoria sphagnicolus
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 19 Apr 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Sphagnum Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the New England Tablelands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Ebor Basalts Known None
Walcha Plateau Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Sphagnum Frog - New England Tablelands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • 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
      • 3051 Mount Royal Range Cool Temperate Rainforest
      • 3052 Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 3053 Northern Escarpment Sassafras Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 4107 Mid North Escarpment Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
      • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
      • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
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    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
      • 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
      • 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
      • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
      • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3245 West Mount Royal Slopes Grassy Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1554 Messmate - Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass shrub - grass open forest of western Barrington Tops
      • 1555 Mountain Gum - Messmate - Snow Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
      • 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
      • 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
      • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • 1559 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum grassy open forest on the Barrington plateau
      • 1546 Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
      • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
      • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
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    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
      • 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
      • 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
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