Cape York
Location: Northern tip of Queensland.
Size: 115,477 square kilometres.
Climate: Humid tropical, maritime.
Geology/soils: Low hills and plains.
Dominate vegetation types: Eucalyptus and Melaleuca woodlands.
Frogs found in this bioregion
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Species: Austrochaperina gracilipes
Family: Microhylidae
Common names: Shrill Whistlefrog; Slender Frog -
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Species: Bufo marinus
Family: Bufonidae
Common name: Cane Toad -
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Species: Cophixalus crepitans
Family: Microhylidae
Common names: Northern Nurseryfrog; Rattling Frog -
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Species: Cophixalus peninsularis
Family: Microhylidae
Common names: Cape York Nurseryfrog; Cape York Frog -
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Species: Cophixalus zweifeli
Family: Microhylidae
Common names: Cape Melville Boulderfrog; Zweifel's Frog -
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Species: Crinia deserticola
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Chirping Froglet; Desert Froglet -
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Species: Crinia remota
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Northern Froglet; Torrid Froglet; Remote Froglet -
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Species: Cyclorana alboguttata
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Greenstripe Frog; Striped Burrowing Frog -
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Species: Cyclorana brevipes
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Superb Collared Frog; Short-footed Frog -
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Species: Cyclorana cryptotis
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Earless Frog; Hidden-ear Frog -
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Species: Cyclorana manya
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Little Collared Frog; Small Frog -
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Species: Cyclorana novaehollandiae
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Eastern Snapping Frog; New Holland Frog -
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Species: Limnodynastes convexiusculus
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Marbled Frog -
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Species: Limnodynastes ornatus
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Ornate Burrowing Frog -
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Species: Limnodynastes terraereginae
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Scarlet Sided Pobblebonk; Northern Banjo Frog; Northern Bullfrog -
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Species: Litoria andiirrmalin
Family: Hylidae
Common name: Melville Range Tree Frog -
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Species: Litoria bicolor
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Northern Sedge Frog; Northern Dwarf Tree Frog -
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Species: Litoria caerulea
Family: Hylidae
Common name: Common Green Tree Frog -
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Species: Litoria dahlii
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Northern Waterfrog; Dahl's Frog -
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Species: Litoria dorsalis
Family: Hylidae
Common name: Javelin Frog