Green and Golden Bell Frog - South Eastern Queensland: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Litoria aurea

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Last updated: 14 Oct 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Green and Golden Bell Frog is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Queensland Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Clarence Lowlands	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Castlereagh Ironbark Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - Grey Box - Grey Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Blakely's Red Gum grassy open forest of the central Hunter
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
  - Hunter Escarpment Footslopes Ironbark Forest
  - Lower Hunter Lowland Ironbark-Paperbark Forest
  - Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - Lower North Coastal Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - White Box - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Blakely's Red Gum shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
  - Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
  - Umina Coastal Sand Woodland
- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
  - Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 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
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Scribbly Gum Forest
  - Pearl Beach Sand Forest
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
  - Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
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- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Burragorang Escarpment Heath
  - Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
  - Burragorang Permian Sandstone Grey Gum-Peppermint Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
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- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - Kurri Sand-Clay Woodland
  - Quorrobolong Sand Flats Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - Central Hunter Swamp Oak Riparian Forest
  - Clarence Floodplain Swamp Oak Forest
  - Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest
  - Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
  - Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
  - Coastal Valleys Swamp Oak Riparian Forest
  - Cumberland Blue Box Riverflat Forest
  - Cumberland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
  - Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
  - Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
  - Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
  - Far South Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
  - Hunter Coast Lake Flats Apple Forest
  - Hunter Estuarine Melaleuca nodosa Scrub
  - Hunter Range Creekflat Apple-Red Gum Forest
  - Lower Hunter Flats Red Gum Mesic Forest
  - Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
  - Melaleuca linariifolia alluvial melaleuca thicket of the lower Blue Mountains and Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  - Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
  - Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
  - Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
  - South Coast Floodplain Grassy Swamp Forest
  - South Coast Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
  - South Coast Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Oak Forest
  - Southern Estuarine Swamp Paperbark Creekflat Scrub
  - Sydney Creekflat Swamp Mahogany-Paperbark Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Sandy Creekflat Shrub Forest
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- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - Central Coast Flats Mesic Swamp Forest
  - Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
  - Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
  - Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
  - Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush Forest
  - Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
  - Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - Hunter Coast Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Forest
  - Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
  - Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
  - Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
  - Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
  - Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  - Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
  - Swamp Oak - Weeping Grass grassy riparian forest of the Hunter Valley
  - Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub
  - Tomago Drooping Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - Wyong Paperbark-Woollybutt Swamp Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - Bega-Towamba Riparian Scrub
  - Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
  - Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
  - Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
  - Northwest River Oak-River Red Gum Forest
  - River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
  - Southeast Tableland Rocky Riparian Scrub
  - Southern Escarpment River Oak Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
  - Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands
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- Inland Riverine Forests
  - Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - Castlereagh Gravel Sedgeland
  - Coast Sands Baumea articulata Sedgeland
  - Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
  - Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
  - Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
  - Estuarine Reedland
  - Far North Floodplain Fern-Forb Wetland
  - Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
  - Foredune Swale Marsh
  - Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
  - Northern Sands Baloskion-Baumea Wetland
  - Northern Sands Baumea-Eleocharis Sedgeland
  - Northern Sands Chorizandra Sedgeland
  - Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
  - Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
  - Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
  - Spirodella freshwater wetland
  - Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
  - Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - Coastal Clifftop Shrubby Marsh
  - Coastal Sydney Sand Saw-sedge Wet Shrubland
  - Far Southeast Lowland Heath Swamp
  - Far Southeast Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - Hunter Coast Grasstree Graminoid Swamp Scrub
  - Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
  - Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
  - Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - Northern Sandplain Saw-sedge-Fern Swamp Heath
  - Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
  - Southern Highlands Wet Swamp Heath
  - Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
  - Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
  - Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands
  - Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
  - Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub
  - Monaro Creekflat Peat Swamp
  - Southern Highlands Sand Swamp Sedgeland
  - Southern Highlands Sand Swamp Woodland
  - Southern Tableland Ranges Boggy Open Woodland
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Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
  - Central Headland Grassland
  - Northern Headland Grassland
  - Southern Headland Grassland
  - Spinifex Strandline Grassland
- 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

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
  - Central Hunter Ironbark-Spotted Gum Forest
  - Cumberland Moist Shale Woodland
  - Cumberland Shale Hills Woodland
  - Cumberland Shale Plains Woodland
  - Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - Illawarra Lowland Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Lower Hunter Red Gum-Paperbark Riverflat Forest
  - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
  - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
  - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box grassy woodland of the central and upper Hunter
  - Northern Hinterland Valleys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
  - South Coast Low Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Woollybutt Grassy Forest
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
  - Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
  - 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
  - Goulburn Tableland Box-Gum Grassy Forest
  - Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
  - 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 Hunter Slaty Gum Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - Coastal Headland Clay Heath
  - Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
  - Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
  - Mid North Swamp Oak Headland Scrub
  - Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
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- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
  - Sydney Coastal Headland Cliff Scrub
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Headland Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - Agnes Banks Woodland
  - Bouddi Headland Wallum Heath
  - Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
  - Northern Sands Wallum Banksia-Allocasuarina Scrub
  - Southern Sandplain Heath
  - Sydney Coastal Sand Mantle Heath
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Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
  - Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
- Marine environments
  - Dune and Shorelines
- Rocky islands
  - Rocky islands
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - Illawarra Complex Dry Rainforest
  - South Coast Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
- Littoral Rainforests
  - Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
  - Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
  - Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - Estuarine Club Rush-Arrowgrass Wetland
  - Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
  - Samphire Saltmarsh
  - South Coast Selliera-Sea Rush Swamp Oak Saltmarsh
  - Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
  - Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
  - Hunter Valley Hills Wet Vine Forest
  - Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
  - Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
  - Sydney Foreshores Shale Forest
  - Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
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- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
  - Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
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- 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
  - Snow Gum - Mountain Gum tussock grass-herb forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
  - Southern Tableland Swamp Flats Shrub Woodland
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Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Blue Gum High Forest
  - Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
  - Cumberland Bangalay x Blue Gum Riverflat Forest
  - Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
  - Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - Illawarra Lowland Wet Vine Forest
  - Illawarra Seacliff Banksia-Bangalay Forest
  - Jervis Bay Sands Littoral Moist Forest
  - Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
  - Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
  - Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm Wet Forest
  - Mid North Lowland Riparian Wet Forest
  - Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
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