Frogs of the Townsville Region

• Key to the frogs of Townsville
• Species list

(N to Paluma turnoff, S to Mt Elliot and W to Hervey's Range)

Prepared by: Jean-Marc Hero, Steve Richards and Geordie Torr

JCU HERPETOLOGICAL RESEARCH GROUP, Department of Zoology, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, AUSTRALIA.

• Cane Toad, Bufo marinus

HYLIDAE, TREEFROGS

• Superb Collared-frog, Cyclorana brevipes
• Eastern Snapping-frog, Cyclorana novaehollandiae
• Greenstripe Frog, Litoria alboguttata
• Northern Sedgefrog, Litoria bicolor
• Green Treefrog, Litoria caerulea
• Eastern Sedgefrog, Litoria fallax
• Gracefull Treefrog, Litoria gracilenta
• Bumpy Rocketfrog, Litoria inermis
• White-lipped Treefrog, Litoria infrafrenata
• Broad-palmed Rocketfrog, Litoria latopalmata
• Stony-creek frog, Litoria lesueuri
• Pygmy Rocketfrog, Litoria microbelos
• Striped Rocketfrog, Litoria nasuta
• Red-eyed Treefrog, Litoria rothi
• Naked Treefrog, Litoria rubella

MYOBATRACHIDAE, SOUTHERN FROGS

• Chirping Froglet, Crinia deserticola
• Marbled Frog, Limnodynastes convexiusculus
• Ornate Burrowing-frog, Limnodynastes ornatus
• Striped Marshfrog, Limnodynastes peroni
• Spotted Marshfrog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
• Scarlet-sided Pobblebonk, Limnodynastes terraereginae
• Brown Orbfrog, Notaden melanoscaphus
• Stonemason Gungan, Uperoleia lithomoda
• Torres Gungan, Uperoleia mimula

RANIDAE, TRUE FROGS/BULLFROGS

• Australian Bullfrog, Rana daemeli