Frogs

• 11amphibian listings for South Gippsland
• 2threatened species

There are 11 amphibian listings for South Gippsland of which two are threatened. The common froglet and southern brown tree frog are the two most commonly heard amphibians and are found region-wide. The two threatened amphibians are the southern toadlet (endangered in Victoria) and the growling grass frog (nationally vulnerable).

The growling grass frog was likely present across much of the region but only has a couple of records at Wilsons Promontory within the last decade. The southern toadlet has only been recorded recently at Wilsons Promontory and near Adams Creek Nature Conservation Reserve. The lack of records across the remainder of South Gippsland for these two species may be due to a lack of survey effort or because they are no longer present.

Source: South Gippsland Biodiversity Protection Plan (October 2024), section 3.3 Fauna and section 3.4 Threatened species; species figures from Victorian Biodiversity Atlas records cited in the plan.