Australian Ground Frogs
Myobatrachidae
The Myobatrachidae (commonly known as the Australian ground frogs) are a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12 cm (4.7 in) in length. The entire family is either terrestrial or aquatic frogs, with no arboreal species.
14 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 88 known species
Typical Froglets
genusCrinia
Australasian Barred Frogs
genusMixophyes
Brood Frogs
genusPseudophryne
Typical Toadlets
genusUperoleia
Smooth Frogs
genusGeocrinia
Turtle Frogs
genusMyobatrachus
Pouched Frogs
genusAssa
Haswell's Frogs
genusParacrinia
Tinker and Day Frogs
genusTaudactylus
Nicholls' Toadlets
genusMetacrinia
Anstisia
genusAnstisia
Sandhill Frogs
genusArenophryne
Spicospina
genusSpicospina
Gastric Brooding Frogs
genusRheobatrachus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25222.