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Threatened species

Southern Bell Frog - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Litoria raniformis
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 01 Dec 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Southern Bell Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Bathurst Predicted None
Kybeyan-Gourock Known None
Monaro Known None
Oberon Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Southern Bell Frog - South Eastern Highlands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Alpine complex
    • Alpine Bogs and Fens
      • Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
      • Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
      • Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
    • Alpine Heaths
      • Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassy Open Heath
      • Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
      • Namadgi Subalpine Rocky Shrubland
    • Alpine Herbfields
      • Alpine Short Herbfield
      • Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassland
      • Kosciuszko High Peaks Alpine Grassland
      • Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Wet Meadow
      • Nimmo-Long Plain Frosty Dry Grassland
  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • Southeast Escarpment Peaks Dry Shrub Forest
    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • Apple Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint dry open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
      • Brittle Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark open forest in the north-western part (Yass to Orange) of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Broad-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Gum dry open forest of the Central Tablelands area of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
      • Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
      • Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
      • Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
      • Monaro Ranges Sheltered Shrub Forest
      • Red Box - Tumbledown Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box dry woodland, upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
      • Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • Central West Tumbledown Gum-Pine Shrub Forest
  • Forested wetlands
    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • Southwest Tableland Gorges Riparian Shrubland
    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - Couch Grass riparian tall woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
      • River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
      • River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
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  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
      • Lignum shrubland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) plains (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • River Coobah tall shrubland wetland of the floodplains in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
      • Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
      • Gilgai wetland mosaic in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
      • Rush - Sedge - Common Reed mainly lentic channel wetland of the Upper Murray and mid-Murrumbidgee River floodplains in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
      • Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • Tussock grass - sedgeland fen - rushland - reedland wetland in impeded creeks in valleys in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
      • Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands
      • Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
      • Kosciuszko Western Flanks Wet Meadow
      • Monaro Creekflat Peat Swamp
      • New England Tableland Carex Fens
      • Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
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    • Montane Lakes
      • Tableland Semi-permanent Shallow Wetlands
  • Grasslands
    • Temperate Montane Grasslands
      • Monaro Kangaroo Grass Woodland-Grassland Complex
      • Monaro Snowgrass-Kangaroo Grass Grassland
      • River Tussock - Tall Sedge - Kangaroo Grass moist grasslands of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Southern Tableland Red Grass-Spear Grass Grassland
      • Southern Tableland Valley Flats Damp Grassland
      • Wallaby Grass - Red-grass - Tall Speargrass - Kangaroo Grass dry tussock grassland of the North-western and Eastern Southern Tablelands in the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Yass Gorge Rhyolite Grassland
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Black Sallee - River Tussock open woodland of the South Eastern Highlands
      • Central Tableland Clay Apple Box Grassy Forest
      • Central Tableland Granites Grassy Box Woodland
      • Central Tableland Limestone Woodland
      • Central Tableland Ranges Peppermint-Gum Grassy Forest
      • Central Tableland Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • Dalton Hills Grassy Stringybark Forest
      • Goulburn Tableland Box-Gum Grassy Forest
      • Goulburn Tableland Peppermint Grassy Forest
      • Monaro-Queanbeyan Rolling Hills Grassy Forest
      • Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland
      • Southwest Foothills Apple Box Grassy Forest
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
      • Jounama Snow Gum Shrub Woodland
      • Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland
      • Kosciuszko Eastern Slopes Mountain Gum Forest
      • Kosciuszko Subalpine Hollows Black Sally Woodland
      • Mount Canobolas Grassy Forest
      • Southern Tableland Creekflat Swamp Woodland
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    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • Southern Tableland Granites Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
      • Central West Valleys White Box Forest
  • Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
    • Inland Floodplain Woodlands
      • Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
      • Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
      • Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
      • Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
      • Central Tableland Peppermint-Gum Montane Forest
      • Crookwell-Taralga Basalt Grassy Forest
      • Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
      • Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
      • Monaro Ranges Montane Gully Forest
      • Mountain Gum - Manna Gum open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Peppermint - Mountain Gum - Brown Barrel moist open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • Snow Gum - Mountain Gum tussock grass-herb forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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