Myobatrachidae - Australian froglets

There are about 82 species in this family of frogs. They are all found in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania.

The species in this family live on land and are usually between 1-2 inches in length, but some species are much larger. The giant barred river-frog is close to four inches in length.

The frogs in this family are found in a variety of habitats from deserts to mountains! The desert species spend most of their time in burrows underground. There are no tree frogs in this family.

In two species in this family, the southern gastric brooding frog and the Eungella gastric-brooding frog, the female swallowed her eggs and the tadpoles developed in her stomach. Both species are now thought to be extinct. The last captive gastric brooding frog died in the 1980s.

World Status Key
Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in Wild Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

US Status Key
Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game

Other Species Around the World
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Sandhill Frog - Arenophryne rotunda Hip-pocket Frog - Assa darlingtoni Bilingual Frog - Crinia bilingua Desert Froglet - Crinia deserticola Quacking Frog - Crinia georgiana Glauert's Froglet - Crinia glauerti Sign-bearing Froglet - Crinia insignifera Moss Froglet - Crinia nimbus Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet - Crinia parinsignifera False Western Froglet - Crinia pseudinsignifera Remote Froglet - Crinia remota Streambank Froglet - Crinia riparia Clicking Froglet - Crinia signifera Sloane's Froglet - Crinia sloanei Small Western Froglet - Crinia subinsignifera Tasmanian Froglet - Crinia tasmaniensis Wallum Froglet - Crinia tinnula White-bellied Frog - Geocrinia alba Southern Smooth Froglet - Geocrinia laevis Lea's Frog - Geocrinia leai Nornalup Frog - Geocrinia lutea Roseate Frog - Geocrinia rosea Victorian Smooth Froglet - Geocrinia victoriana Orange-bellied Frog - Geocrinia vitellina Nicholl's Toadlet - Metacrinia nichollsi Silver-eyed Barred Frog - Mixophyes balbus Mixophyes carbinensis Mixophyes coggeri Great Barred River-frog - Mixophyes fasciolatus Fleay's Barred-frog - Mixophyes fleayi Mixophyes hihihorlo Giant Barred River-frog - Mixophyes iteratus Northern Barred Frog - Mixophyes schevilli Turtle Frog - Myobatrachus gouldii Haswell's Froglet - Paracrinia haswelli Red-crowned Toadlet - Pseudophryne australis Bibron's Toadlet - Pseudophryne bibronii Red-backed Toadlet - Pseudophryne coriacea Corroboree Frog - Pseudophryne corroboree Magnificent Broodfrog - Pseudophryne covacevichae Southern Toadlet - Pseudophryne dendyi		Douglas' Toad - Pseudophryne douglasi Günther's Toadlet - Pseudophryne guentheri Great Brown Brood-frog - Pseudophryne major Orange-crowned Toadlet - Pseudophryne occidentalis Northern Corroboree Frog - Pseudophryne pengilleyi Pseudophryne raveni Southern Toadlet - Pseudophryne semimarmorata Southern Gastric Brooding Frog - Rheobatrachus silus Eungella Gastric-brooding Frog - Rheobatrachus vitellinus Sunset Frog - Spicospina flammocaerulea Sharp Snouted Day Frog - Taudactylus acutirostris Mount Glorious Torrent Frog - Taudactylus diurnus Eungella Torrent Frog - Taudactylus eungellensis Eungella Tinker Frog - Taudactylus liemi Kroombit Tinker Frog - Taudactylus pleione Northern Tinker Frog - Taudactylus rheophilus Montane Toadlet - Uperoleia altissima Jabiru Toadlet - Uperoleia arenicola Derby Toadlet - Uperoleia aspera Northern Toadlet - Uperoleia borealis Small-headed Toadlet - Uperoleia capitulata Fat Toadlet - Uperoleia crassa Uperoleia daviesae Dusky Toadlet - Uperoleia fusca Glandular Toadlet - Uperoleia glandulosa Flood Plain Toadlet - Uperoleia inundata Smooth Toadlet - Uperoleia laevigata Stonemason's Toadlet - Uperoleia lithomoda Littlejohn's Toadlet - Uperoleia littlejohni Marbled Toadlet - Uperoleia marmorata Martin's Toadlet - Uperoleia martini Tanami Toadlet - Uperoleia micromeles Mimic Toadlet - Uperoleia mimula Small Toadlet - Uperoleia minima Mjoberg's Toadlet - Uperoleia mjobergii Alexandria Toadlet - Uperoleia orientalis Wrinkled Toadlet - Uperoleia rugosa Russell's Toadlet - Uperoleia russelli Mole Toadlet - Uperoleia talpa Blacksoil Toadlet - Uperoleia trachyderma Tyler's Toadlet - Uperoleia tyleri

Additional Information

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Corroboree Frog - Pseudophryne corroboree
The Corroboree frog is black with bright yellow stripes. It is found in southeastern New South Wales, Australia.
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Eungella Tinker Frog - Taudactylus liemi
The Eungella tinker frog is also known as Liem's tinker frog. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
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Eungella Torrent Frog - Taudactylus eungellensis
The Eungella torrent frog is found in Queensland, Australia.
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Kroombit Tinker Frog - Taudactylus pleione
The Kroombit tinker frog is found in nine small patches of rainforest in northeast Queensland, Australia.
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Magnificent Broodfrog - Pseudophryne covacevichae
The magnificent broodfrog is found in north Queensland, Australia.
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Mount Glorious Torrent Frog - Taudactylus diurnus
The Mount Glorious torrent frog was once found in eastern Australia.
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Northern Tinker Frog - Taudactylus rheophilus
The northern tinker frog is found in northern Queensland, Australia.
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Orange-bellied Frog - Geocrinia vitellina
The orange-bellied frog is found in the extreme south-west of Western Australia.
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Red-crowned Toadlet - Pseudophryne australis
The red-crowned toadlet is found in New South Wales, Australia.
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Sharp Snouted Day Frog - Taudactylus acutirostris
The sharp-snouted day frog is found in north Queensland, Australia.
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Silver-eyed Barred Frog - Mixophyes balbus
The silver-eyed barred frog is also known as the stuttering frog because of it stuttering call. It is found in along the coast of New South Wales, Australia.
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Southern Gastric Brooding Frog - Rheobatrachus silus
The southern gastric brooding frog was found in south-east Queensland, Austalia.
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Sunset Frog - Spicospina flammocaerulea
The sunset frog is found in south-east Queensland, Austalia.
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