Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Canberra has or used to have 17 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Yellow-spotted Tree Frog.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Yellow-spotted Tree Frog
Litoria castanea
Status: Critically Endangered
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Litoria castanea is found across 7 electorates.
The Yellow-spotted Bell Frog grows to 80 mm with large yellow or cream spots in the groin area and pale yellow spots and/or marbling on the lower hindlimbs. This species has completely webbed toes.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Climate change and severe weather
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Yass Daisy (Ammobium craspedioides)
- Canberra Spider Orchid (Caladenia actensis)
- Trailing Hop-bush (Dodonaea procumbens)
- Black Gum (Eucalyptus aggregata)
- Ginninderra Peppercress (Lepidium ginninderrense)
- Basalt Pepper-cress (Lepidium hyssopifolium)
- Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor)
- Neoastelia spectabilis (Neoastelia spectabilis)
- Pale Pomaderris (Pomaderris pallida)
- Button Wrinklewort (Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides)
- Large-fruit Fireweed (Senecio macrocarpus)
- Small Purple-pea (Swainsona recta)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
You are in federal electorate Canberra.