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The frog fauna of the Australian arid zone is diverse. Most species are independent of free-standing water except for breeding where all species have aquatic egg deposition and a conventional tadpole as the larval stage. The fauna is derived from two sources: taxa related to frog genera found across i) tropical, northern Australia and ii) genera from temperate, southern and eastern Australian. Those derivations are both recent – with some ongoing tenuous connections to tropical in north-west coastal areas, and ancient, reflecting the long term drying trend in arid Australia over the last 20 million years. Burrowing species can form waterproof cocoons, but also survive in moist soils. Most can reduce metabolic rates and ingest high quality foods in sufficient quantities in very short time frames to allow survival underground for many years between major rain events, and to allow them to be super abundant. Australian frogs do well in the arid zone!
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Appendix 1: Frog Species in the Deserts and Xeric Shrublands Ecoregion Subdivided by IBRA Regions. See Text for Further Detail and Sources
Appendix 1: Frog Species in the Deserts and Xeric Shrublands Ecoregion Subdivided by IBRA Regions. See Text for Further Detail and Sources
Broken Hill Complex | Litoria rubella |
Broken Hill Complex | Neobatrachus pictus |
Broken Hill Complex | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Broken Hill Complex | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis |
Broken Hill Complex | Litoria cultripes |
Burt Plain | Litoria alboguttata |
Burt Plain | Litoria australis |
Burt Plain | Litoria gilleni |
Burt Plain | Litoria maini |
Burt Plain | Litoria rubella |
Burt Plain | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Burt Plain | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Burt Plain | Notaden nichollsi |
Burt Plain | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Carnarvon | Litoria maini |
Carnarvon | Litoria occidentalis |
Carnarvon | Litoria rubella |
Carnarvon | Neobatrachus fulvus |
Carnarvon | Neobatrachus pelobatoides |
Carnarvon | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Carnarvon | Neobatrachus sutor |
Carnarvon | Neobatrachus wilsmorei |
Carnarvon | Notaden nichollsi |
Carnarvon | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Carnarvon | Pseudophryne douglasi |
Carnarvon | Pseudophryne occidentalis |
Carnarvon | Pseudophryne guentheri |
Central Ranges | Litoria maini |
Central Ranges | Litoria occidentalis |
Central Ranges | Litoria rubella |
Central Ranges | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Central Ranges | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Central Ranges | Pseudophryne occidentalis |
Central Ranges | Pseudophryne robinsoni |
Channel Country | Crinia deserticola |
Channel Country | Litoria alboguttata |
Channel Country | Litoria brevipes |
Channel Country | Litoria caerulea |
Channel Country | Litoria cultripes |
Channel Country | Litoria electrica |
Channel Country | Litoria inermis |
Channel Country | Litoria latopalmata |
Channel Country | Litoria novaehollandiae |
Channel Country | Litoria pallida |
Channel Country | Litoria platycephala |
Channel Country | Litoria rubella |
Channel Country | Litoria verrucosa |
Channel Country | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Channel Country | Platyplectrum ornatum |
Channel Country | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Channel Country | Uperoleia rugosa |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Crinia deserticola |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria alboguttata |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria australis |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria caerulea |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria cultripes |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria longipes |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria maculosa |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria maini |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria platycephala |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Litoria rubella |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Notaden melanoscaphus |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Notaden nichollsi |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Platyplectrum ornatum |
Davenport Murchison Ranges | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Finke | Litoria maini |
Finke | Litoria platycephala |
Finke | Litoria gilleni |
Finke | Litoria rubella |
Finke | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Finke | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Finke | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Finke | Platyplectrum ornatum |
Finke | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Flinders Lofty Block | Litoria rubella |
Flinders Lofty Block | Crinia flindersensis |
Flinders Lofty Block | Crinia riparia |
Flinders Lofty Block | Crinia signifera |
Flinders Lofty Block | Limnodynastes dumerilii |
Flinders Lofty Block | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis |
Flinders Lofty Block | Neobatrachus pictus |
Flinders Lofty Block | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Flinders Lofty Block | Pseudophryne bibronii |
Flinders Lofty Block | Litoria platycephala |
Gascoyne | Uperoleia russelli |
Gascoyne | Litoria maini |
Gascoyne | Litoria occidentalis |
Gascoyne | Litoria rubella |
Gascoyne | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Gascoyne | Neobatrachus fulvus |
Gascoyne | Neobatrachus sutor |
Gascoyne | Neobatrachus wilsmorei |
Gascoyne | Notaden nichollsi |
Gascoyne | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Gascoyne | Pseudophryne douglasi |
Gascoyne | Uperoleia russelli |
Gascoyne | Uperoleia saxatilis |
Gawler | Crinia signifera |
Gawler | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis |
Gawler | Litoria ewingii |
Gawler | Litoria platycephala |
Gawler | Neobatrachus pictus |
Gawler | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Gibson Desert | Litoria maini |
Gibson Desert | Neobatrachus sutor |
Gibson Desert | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Gibson Desert | Notaden nichollsi |
Great Sandy Desert | Limnodynastes lignarius |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria australis |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria caerulea |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria cultripes |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria longipes |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria maini |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria nasuta |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria occidentalis |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria pallida |
Great Sandy Desert | Litoria rubella |
Great Sandy Desert | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Great Sandy Desert | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Great Sandy Desert | Neobatrachus sutor |
Great Sandy Desert | Notaden nichollsi |
Great Sandy Desert | Platyplectrum ornatum |
Great Sandy Desert | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Great Sandy Desert | Uperoleia glandulosa |
Great Sandy Desert | Uperoleia micromeles |
Great Sandy Desert | Uperoleia saxatilis |
Great Sandy Desert | Uperoleia talpa |
Great Victoria Desert | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Great Victoria Desert | Neobatrachus kunapalari |
Great Victoria Desert | Neobatrachus pictus |
Great Victoria Desert | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Great Victoria Desert | Neobatrachus sutor |
Great Victoria Desert | Notaden nichollsi |
Great Victoria Desert | Pseudophryne occidentalis |
Great Victoria Desert | Litoria maini |
Great Victoria Desert | Litoria occidentalis |
Little Sandy Desert | Uperoleia micromeles |
Little Sandy Desert | Litoria maini |
Little Sandy Desert | Litoria longipes |
Little Sandy Desert | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Little Sandy Desert | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Little Sandy Desert | Neobatrachus sutor |
Little Sandy Desert | Notaden nichollsi |
Little Sandy Desert | Litoria rubella |
Little Sandy Desert | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Little Sandy Desert | Litoria cultripes |
MacDonnell Ranges | Litoria cultripes |
MacDonnell Ranges | Litoria maini |
MacDonnell Ranges | Litoria platycephala |
MacDonnell Ranges | Litoria gilleni |
MacDonnell Ranges | Litoria rubella |
MacDonnell Ranges | Neobatrachus sudelli |
MacDonnell Ranges | Neobatrachus sutor |
MacDonnell Ranges | Notaden nichollsi |
MacDonnell Ranges | Uperoleia micromeles |
Murchison | Litoria maini |
Murchison | Litoria occidentalis |
Murchison | Litoria rubella |
Murchison | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Murchison | Neobatrachus kunapalari |
Murchison | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Murchison | Neobatrachus sutor |
Murchison | Neobatrachus wilsmorei |
Murchison | Notaden nichollsi |
Murchison | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Murchison | Pseudophryne guentheri |
Murchison | Pseudophryne occidentalis |
Nullarbor | Litoria rubella |
Nullarbor | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Nullarbor | Neobatrachus kunapalari |
Nullarbor | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Nullarbor | Pseudophryne occidentalis |
Nullarbor | Pseudophryne guentheri |
Nullarbor | Litoria cyclorhyncha |
Nullarbor | Neobatrachus sutor |
Pilbara | Litoria australis |
Pilbara | Litoria maini |
Pilbara | Litoria occidentalis |
Pilbara | Litoria rubella |
Pilbara | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Pilbara | Neobatrachus sutor |
Pilbara | Notaden nichollsi |
Pilbara | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Pilbara | Pseudophryne douglasi |
Pilbara | Uperoleia glandulosa |
Pilbara | Uperoleia saxatilis |
Pilbara | Uperoleia talpa |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Crinia deserticola |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Limnodynastes fletcheri |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria brevipes |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria caerulea |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria cultripes |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria latopalmata |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria longipes |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria maini |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria platycephala |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Litoria rubella |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Neobatrachus pictus |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Notaden nichollsi |
Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Stony Plains | Limnodynastes tasmaniensis |
Stony Plains | Litoria platycephala |
Stony Plains | Litoria maini |
Stony Plains | Litoria platycephala |
Stony Plains | Litoria rubella |
Stony Plains | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Stony Plains | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Tanami | Litoria australis |
Tanami | Litoria caerulea |
Tanami | Litoria coplandi |
Tanami | Litoria cultripes |
Tanami | Litoria inermis |
Tanami | Litoria longipes |
Tanami | Litoria maini |
Tanami | Litoria pallida |
Tanami | Litoria rubella |
Tanami | Litoria watjulumensis |
Tanami | Neobatrachus aquilonius |
Tanami | Neobatrachus sudelli |
Tanami | Notaden nichollsi |
Tanami | Platyplectrum ornatum |
Tanami | Platyplectrum spenceri |
Tanami | Uperoleia borealis |
Tanami | Uperoleia micromeles |
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Roberts, J.D., Edwards, D. (2018). The Evolution, Physiology and Ecology of the Australian Arid-Zone Frog Fauna. In: Lambers, H. (eds) On the Ecology of Australia’s Arid Zone. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93943-8_7
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