Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AMPHIBIA
Family
HYLIDAE
Genus
Litoria
Species
latopalmata
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Broad-palmed Rocketfrog
Alternate name
Broad Palmed Rocketfrog, Broad-palmed Frog
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Common and widespread.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Uncommon
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Widespread. Found in wetlands and dams and melaleuca and dry eucalypt forests. Prefers permanent water and generally absent from rainforests. Identify from Litoria lesueuri
Known location
Pimpama, Ernest, Nerang, Clagiraba, Norwell, Oxenford, Arundel, Currumbin Valley, Yatala, Southport,
Other locality
A very common and widespread frog, able to survive in degraded habitats. One of the most common frogs on the Gold Coast.
Riparian dependent
True
Wetland dependent
True
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Eucalypt forest woodland, paperbark forest, marshes, farm dams.
Specific ecology
Found near water.
Habitat
Habitat comment
Often found around farm dams.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
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