Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Australia

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Northern end of Fraser Island south to Jervis Bay in mid-eastern New South Wales The extent of occurrence of the species is approximately 58600 km2 No information on population, size, structure and dynamics.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Occupies a variety of habitats, but most commonly seen in the vicinity of temporary coastal swamps (wallum). These areas typically have low nutrient soils and heath, sedgeland, Melaleuca swamp or Banksia woodland vegetation. Active during the day. Spring and summer breeder.

Trends and Threats
Continuing decline in area of occupancy, number of locations, number of mature individuals. Severely fragmented habitat – it was assumed that the population is naturally fragmented, but increasing fragmentation through habitat destruction and degradation, particularly mainland populations.

Threats
Clearing for agriculture, pine plantations, housing and infrastructure. They occur in an area with the highest rate of human population growth in Australia. Other threats include habitat degradation through alterations in hydrology and increased nutrient loads, invading weeds and competition from competing frog species and inappropriate fire regimes.

Conservation Measures
Protected where it occurs in National Parks, e.g. Fraser Island.

References

Barker, J., Grigg, G. C., and Tyler, M. J. (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty and Sons, New South Wales.

Hines, H., Mahony, M. and McDonald, K. (1999). ''An assessment of frog declines in wet subtropical Australia.'' Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs. A. Campbell, eds., Environment Australia, Canberra, 44-63.

Moore, J.A. (1961). ''Frogs of eastern New South Wales.'' Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History , 121(3), 151-386.

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2008 Litoria freycineti: Wallum Rocketfrog <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/1251> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 22, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 22 Nov 2024.

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