List of amphibians of Western Australia

This is a list of amphibians of Western Australia. They are all frogs.[1]

Native species
  • Arenophryne rotunda (sandhill frog) (endemic)
  • Crinia bilingua (bilingual froglet)
  • Crinia georgiana (quacking frog) (endemic)
  • Crinia glauerti (Glauert's froglet)
  • Crinia insignifera (squelching froglet) (endemic)
  • Crinia pseudinsignifera (bleating froglet) (endemic)
  • Crinia subinsignifera (South Coast froglet) (endemic)
  • Cyclorana australis (giant frog)
  • Cyclorana cryptotis (hidden-ear frog)
  • Cyclorana cultripes (knife-footed frog)
  • Cyclorana longipes (long-footed frog)
  • Cyclorana maini (Main's frog)
  • Cyclorana platycephala (water-holding frog)
  • Cyclorana vagitus (wailing frog)
  • Geocrinia alba (white-bellied frog) (endemic)
  • Geocrinia leai (Lea's frog) (endemic)
  • Geocrinia lutea (nornalup frog) (endemic)
  • Geocrinia rosea (roseate frog) (endemic)
  • Geocrinia vitellina (yellow-bellied frog) (endemic)
  • Heleioporus albopunctatus (western spotted frog) (endemic)
  • Heleioporus barycragus (hooting frog) (endemic)
  • Heleioporus eyrei (moaning frog) (endemic)
  • Heleioporos inornatus (whooping frog) (endemic)
  • Heleioporus psammophilus (sand frog) (endemic)
  • Limnodynastes convexiusculus (marbled frog)
  • Limnodynastes depressus (flat-headed frog)
  • Limnodynastes dorsalis (banjo frog) (endemic)
  • Limnodynastes ornatus (ornate frog)
  • Limnodynastes spenceri (Spencer's frog)
  • Litoria adelaidensis (slender tree frog) (endemic)
  • Litoria bicolor (northern dwarf tree frog)
  • Litoria caerulea (green tree frog)
  • Litoria cavernicola (Cave-dwelling frog) (endemic)
  • Litoria coplandi (Copland's rock frog)
  • Litoria cyclorhyncha (spotted-thighed frog) (endemic)
  • Litoria dahlii (Dahl's aquatic frog)
  • Litoria inermis (Peter's frog)
  • Litoria meiriana (rockhole frog)
  • Litoria microbelos (javelin frog)
  • Litoria moorei (motorbike frog) (endemic)
  • Litoria nasuta (rocket frog)
  • Litoria pallida (pale frog)
  • Litoria rothii (Roth's tree frog)
  • Litoria rubella (desert tree frog)
  • Litoria splendida (magnificent tree frog)
  • Litoria tornieri (Tornier's frog)
  • Litoria watjulumensis (wotjulum frog)
  • Megistolotis lignarius (Woodworker frog)
  • Metacrinia nichollsi (Nicholl's toadlet) (endemic)
  • Myobatrachus gouldii (Turtle frog) (endemic)
  • Neobatrachus albipes (white-footed trilling frog) (endemic)
  • Neobatrachus aquilonius (northern burrowing frog)
  • Neobatrachus centralis (desert trilling frog)
  • Neobatrachus fulvus (tawny trilling frog) (endemic)
  • Neobatrachus kunapalari (Kunapalari frog) (endemic)
  • Neobatrachus pelobatoides (humming frog) (endemic)
  • Neobatrachus sutor (shoemaker frog)
  • Neobatrachus wilsmorei (Wilsmore's frog) (endemic)
  • Notaden melanoscaphus (northern spadefoot)
  • Notaden nichollsi (desert spadefoot)
  • Notaden weigeli (Weigel's spadefoot) (endemic)
  • Pseudophryne douglasi (Douglas' toadlet) (endemic)
  • Pseudophryne guentheri (Gunther's toadlet) (endemic)
  • Pseudophryne occidentalis (western toadlet)
  • Spicospina flammocaerulea (sunset frog) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia aspera (Derby toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia borealis (northern toadlet)
  • Uperoleia crassa (fat toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia glandulosa (glandular toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia lithomoda (Stonemason's toadlet)
  • Uperoleia marmorata (marbled toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia micromeles (Tanami toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia minima (small toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia mjobergi (Mjoberg's toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia russelli (Russell's toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia talpa (mole toadlet) (endemic)
  • Uperoleia trachyderma (blacksoil toadlet)

Naturalised species

Currently, the only non-native amphibian naturalised in Western Australia is Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (spotted grass frog).[2]

References
  1. Aplin, K. P. & Smith, L. A. (2001). "Checklist of the frogs and reptiles of Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 63: 51–74.
  2. Martin, A. A. & Tyler, M. J. (1978). "The introduction into Western Australia of the frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Gunther". Australian Zoologist. 19 (3): 321–325.
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