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
LIMNODYNASTIDAE
Genus
Limnodynastes
Species
peronii
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Striped Marshfrog
Alternate name
Brown-striped Frog
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Very 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
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Widespread in melaleuca and dry eucalypt forest, swamps, wetlands, marshes and shallow ponds. Absent from rainforests
Known location
Pimpama, Reedy Creek, Currumbin, Springbrook, Southport, Eagleby, Coomera, Runaway Bay, Coombabah, A
Other locality
A very common, widespread and adaptable frog, able to survive in very modified environments, including suburban gardens. One of the most common frogs in the region, often breeding in garden ponds.
Riparian dependent
True
Wetland dependent
True
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Eucalypt forest, rainforest, farms, gardens, near water.
Specific ecology
Still water for breeding.
Habitat
Habitat comment
Often bred in backyard ponds.
Threats
Management
Not an indicator of habitat quality.
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
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