Common Name
Eastern Sedgefrog
Alternate name
Eastern Dwarf Treefrog
Comment
Very common and widespread.
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Local distribution
Widespread and found in all habitats (streams, ponds, wetlands, melaleuca, dry and wet eucalypt forest) but generally absent from rainforests; East coast of QLD and NSW
Known location
Southport, Labrador, Biggera Waters, Coombabah, Coomera, Eagleby, Alberton, Nerang, Edens Landing, H
Other locality
A very common, widespread and adaptable frog, often thriving in disturbed habitats. One of the most common frogs.
General ecology
Sluggish or still wetlands, mainly in low-lying areas.
Habitat comment
This frog thrives around farm dams wherever there are fringing reeds. It often lives in suburban gardens, sheltering among the leaves of shrubs and calling loudly after rain.
