Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Australia

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From Southeast Queensland into north-eastern New South Wales and central New South Wales. The extent of occurrence of the species is approximately 564600 km2.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Found in a variety of habitats including flooded grassland and swamps. Usually hides under dense vegetation, logs, loose bark or stones. The species burrows in unfavourable weather. Males call between September and April from matted vegetation on the edges of flood depressions. They construct large foamy nests containing 1500 to 2500 eggs.

Trends and Threats
No known declines and large extent of occurrence.

Threats
Expanding development may threaten these frogs in the future.

Conservation Measures
None in place.

References

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

Davies, M. and Watson, G.F. (1994). ''Morphology and reproductive biology of Limnodynastes salmini, L. convexiusculus and Megistolotis lignarius (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Limnodynastinae).'' Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 118(3), 149–169.

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2008 Limnodynastes salmini: Salmon-striped Frog <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/3511> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 29, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 29 Nov 2024.

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