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List of Australian Amphibian Genera
About 230 of the world's known 5,280 species of frog occur in Australia. Compared with other countries this number is fairly low and may be related to the aridity of most of the Australian continent. Dispite the lack of species there is a great diversity of habitats that is seen among Australian frogs. Variations in rainfall, temperature, altitude and latitude have resulted in a large number of habitats, many of which Australian species inhabit.

During the 1980's declines were reported in Australian frog species. Many of the frogs that were reported as declining were high altitude creek dwelling species that had little or no contact with human activities. This indicated that habitat loss and degredation were not responsible for all the declines. The causes for the dramatic declines is unknown but the chytrid fungus may be a factor. Currently three Australian species of frogs are classified as extinct, 14 listed as critically endangered and 18 listed as endangered. Of the 14 critically extinct species 4 of them haven't been recorded for over 15 years and may now be extinct.

The Australian frog fauna are broken up into 5 families, 6 sub-families and 26 genera.


 * Family - Bufonidae
 * Genus - Bufo


 * Family - Hylidae
 * Sub-family - Pelodryadinae
 * Genus - Cyclorana
 * Genus - Litoria
 * Genus - Nyctimystes


 * Familiy - Microhylidae
 * Sub-family - Genyophryninae
 * Genus - Austrochaperina
 * Genus - Cophixalus


 * Family - Myobatrachidae
 * Sub-family - Limnodynastinae
 * Genus - Adelotus
 * Genus - Heleioporus
 * Genus - Lechriodus
 * Genus - Limnodynastes
 * Genus - Mixophyes
 * Genus - Neobatrachus
 * Genus - Notaden
 * Genus - Philoria
 * Sub-family - Myobatrachinae
 * Genus - Arenophryne
 * Genus - Assa
 * Genus - Crinia
 * Genus - Geocrinia
 * Genus - Metacrinia
 * Genus - Myobatrachus
 * Genus - Paracrinia
 * Genus - Pseudophryne
 * Genus - Spicospina
 * Genus - Taudactylus
 * Genus - Uperoleia
 * Sub-family - Rheobatrachinae
 * Genus - Rheobatrachus


 * Family - Ranidae
 * Genus - Rana