What's that Sound?
Croaks, whistles, bleats and barks - every frog species makes a different sound! By recording a frog call with the app, FrogID, you can discover which frogs live around you and help us count Australia's frogs!
There have been over 35 different species of frog identified within the Wollondilly Shire, BioNet May 2021.
FrogID is a national citizen science project that is helping us learn more about what is happening to Australia’s frogs. All around the country, people are recording frog calls with nothing more than a smartphone.
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Frogs Found in Wollondilly
Frogs Found in Wollondilly
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Bibron's Toadlet (Pseudophryne bibronii)The Bibron's toadlet or brown toadlet is a species of Australian ground-dwelling frog that, although having declined over much of its range, is widespread through most of New South Wales, Victoria, south-eastern Queensland and eastern South Australia, including Kangaroo Island. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
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Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria dentata)The bleating tree frog, also known as Keferstein's tree frog, is a tree frog in the family Pelodryadidae. This frog is native to coastal eastern Australia, from south-eastern Queensland, to around Eden, New South Wales. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
LiquidGhoul, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Blue Mountains Tree Frog (Litoria citropa)The Blue Mountains tree frog is a species of tree frog in the family Pelodryadinae. It is endemic to southeastern Australia and is found in eastern Victoria and in southeastern New South Wales. The Jenolan Caves tree frog, a population formerly separated as Litoria jenolanensis, is nowadays included in this species. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
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Booroolong Frog (Litoria booroolongensis)The Booroolong frog is a species of stream-dwelling frog native to the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project https://portal.frogid.net.au/frogs/litoria-booroolongensis
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Broad-palmed Frog (Litoria latopalmata)The broad-palmed frog is a species of ground-dwelling tree frog. It is native to much of eastern Australia. They can be found from mid-Queensland to south of Sydney. It is associated with the coast and inland, and is distributed as far west in New South Wales to the SA border. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
LiquidGhoul at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingii)The southern brown tree frog, also known as the brown tree frog, whistling tree frog, or Ewing's tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia: most of southern Victoria, eastern South New South Wales. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
Tnarg 12345 at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Brown-striped Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)The striped marsh frog or brown-striped frog is a predominantly aquatic frog native to coastal Eastern Australia. It is a common species in urban habitats. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project https://portal.frogid.net.au/frogs/limnodynastes-peronii
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Froggydarb at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera)The common eastern froglet is a ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae. It ranges from Adelaide to Melbourne, up the eastern coast to Brisbane. It also inhabits a majority of Tasmania. It is one of the most commonly encountered frog species within its range, due to its ability to occupy several habitat types. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
Matt from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Dusky Toadlet (Uperoleia fusca)The dusky toadlet is a species of Australian ground-dwelling frog that inhabits coastal areas from just north of Sydney, New South Wales to mid-northern Queensland. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
Tnarg 12345 at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii)The informal names for the species and its subspecies include eastern or southern banjo frog, and bull frog. The frog is also called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, which is likened to a banjo string being plucked. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
By fir0002flagstaffotos [at] gmail.comCanon 20D + Sigma 150mm f/2.8 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1888943
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Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax)The eastern dwarf tree frog, also known as the eastern sedge-frog, is a small and very common tree frog found on the eastern coast of Australia, from around Cairns, Queensland, to around Ulladulla, New South Wales. Wikipedia Australian Museum Frog ID Project https://portal.frogid.net.au/frogs/litoria-fallax
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Matt from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
Eastern Stony Creek Frog (Litoria wilcoxii)Litoria wilcoxii is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. Also known as the stony-creek frog, eastern stony creek frog, and Wilcox's frog, it is endemic to Australia, being found solely on the eastern coast between Ingham, QLD, and Sydney, NSW, and as far west as Atherton, QLD. Australian Museum Frog ID Project |
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
| Freycinet's Frog | Litoria freycineti |
| Giant Barred Frog | Mixophyes iteratus |
| Giant Burrowing Frog | Heleioporus australiacus |
| Green and Golden Bell Frog | Litoria aurea |
| Green Tree Frog | Litoria caerulea |
| Haswell's Froglet | Paracrinia haswelli |
| Jervis Bay Tree Frog | Litoria jervisiensis |
| Leaf Green River Tree Frog | Litoria nudidigita |
| Leaf Green Tree Frog complex | Litoria nudidigita/phyllochroa |
| Leaf-green Tree Frog | Litoria phyllochroa |
| Lesueur's Frog | Litoria lesueuri |
| Littlejohn's Tree Frog | Litoria littlejohni |
| Long-thumbed Frog | Limnodynastes fletcheri |
| Peron's Tree Frog | Litoria peronii |
| Red-crowned Toadlet | Pseudophryne australis |
| Smooth Toadlet | Uperoleia laevigata |
| Spotted Grass Frog | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis |
| Stuttering Frog | Mixophyes balbus |
| Tyler's Tree Frog | Litoria tyleri |
| Verreaux's Frog | Litoria verreauxii |
| Yellow-spotted Tree Frog | Litoria castanea |
