Australian Capital Territory
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
New South Wales
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Current conservation status: Common. Evidence to suggest large population fluctuations.
Family: Myobatrachidae
Length: 30mm
Appearance: Colour ranges from light to dark. The pattern on the back is variable, ranging from individuals that are smooth and unpatterned to strongly marked and raised longitudinal stripes and bumps.
Breeding: throughout the year but mainly between August and November.
Habitat: Prefers to breed in deep, permanent pools. It has benefited from the proliferation of farm dams in the region and can be found around the edges of dams, swamps and other wetlands. This species prefers standing water but may sometimes be heard calling from slow moving stretches of some streams and rivers.
Distribution: Very common in the region and is particularly associated with farm dams. It is distributed predominantly in the open country and plains and is found only below 800m altitude.
Biology: Male frogs call from amongst vegetation at the water's edge or emergent vegetation. Within these habitats they shelter under logs and other debris, usually in moist depressions or near the water. It is not uncommon to find dozens of individuals under one log or rock. Eggs and tadpoles are aquatic and can be found in ponds, dams, swamps, flooded grassland, hitches and hollows.
Call description: A slight drawn out "wwrreeeek" sound, repeated regularly. Calls from August to November. Call recording
Current conservation status: Common. Evidence to suggest large population fluctuations.
ACT Distribution: widespread below 800m.
Crinia parinsignifera is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | Central West NSW
Synonyms
Maps
ANBG ANU Banks Precinct ANU Daley Precinct ANU Ellery Precinct ANU Garran Precinct Aranda Bushland Australian National University Banksia Street Wetland Corridor Barneys Hill/Mt Stranger Barracks Flat Drive Reserve Black Mountain Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Boro Bruce Ponds Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Callum Brae Canberra City Farm Central Molonglo City Renewal Authority Area Conder Community Wetlands Cooleman Ridge Coombs Ponds Cotter Reserve Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Dickson Wetland Dickson Wetland Corridor Dryandra St Woodland Dunlop Grasslands Fadden Hills Pond Farrer Ridge Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant Gang Gang at Yass River Gigerline Nature Reserve Giralang Wetlands Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gorman Road Bush Reserve, Goulburn Goulburn Mulwaree Council Gundaroo Common Gungaderra Creek Ponds Gungaderra Grasslands Gungahlin Pond Holder Wetlands Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Isabella Pond Jarramlee Pond Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kama Kowen Escarpment Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Lower Cotter Catchment Lyneham Wetland McKellar Wetlands Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Painter Mount Taylor Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Nadjung Mada NR Namadgi National Park National Arboretum Forests National Arboretum Woodland National Zoo and Aquarium O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Percival Hill Pine Island to Point Hut Piney Ridge Point Hut Pond Point Hut to Tharwa Rob Roy Range Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park Stony Creek Stranger Pond Sullivans Creek, Acton Sullivans Creek, Lyneham North Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Sullivans Creek, O'Connor Tallaganda National Park The Pinnacle The Ridgeway Reserve Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Tuggeranong Homestead A.C.T. Umbagong District Park University of Canberra Urambi Hills Wanniassa Hill Watson Woodlands West Belconnen Pond West Stromlo Woodstock Nature Reserve Yarramundi Grassland Yerrabi PondPlaces
Borough, NSW Conder, ACT Goulburn, NSW O'Connor, ACT Palerang, NSW Watson, ACT
