Victorian Lowlands
Location: South-west Victoria.
Size: 77,977 square kilometres.
Climate: Temperate.
Geology/soils: Undulating Tertiary and Quaternary coastal plains, areas of foothills and isolated ranges. Region includes an extensive basalt plain with numerous volcanic cones and eruption points.
Dominate vegetation types: Dry and wet to damp sclerophyll forests, peppermint forests, box/ironbark woodlands and heathlands.
Threatening processes: Portions now largely cleared.
Frogs found in this bioregion
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Species: Crinia signifera
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Clicking Froglet; Common Eastern Froglet; Common Froglet; Signifera Froglet -
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Species: Geocrinia laevis
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Smooth Frog -
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Species: Geocrinia victoriana
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Eastern Smooth Frog -
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Species: Heleioporus australiacus
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Giant Burrowing Frog -
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Species: Limnodynastes dumerilii
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Eastern Banjo Frog; Grey-bellied Pobblebonk; Eastern Pobblebonk; Pobblebonk; Bullfrog -
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Species: Limnodynastes peronii
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Striped Marshfrog; Brown-striped Frog; Brown Frog -
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Species: Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Spotted Grass Frog; Spotted Marshfrog -
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Species: Litoria citropa
Family: Hylidae
Common name: Blue Mountains Tree Frog -
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Species: Litoria ewingii
Family: Hylidae
Common name: Brown Tree Frog -
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Species: Litoria lesueuri
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Stoney Creek Frog; Lesueur's Frog -
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Species: Litoria nudidigita
Family: Hylidae
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Species: Litoria paraewingi
Family: Hylidae
Common name: Victorian Frog -
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Species: Litoria raniformis
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Growling Grass Frog; Southern Bell Frog; Green or Warty Swamp Frog -
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Species: Litoria verreauxii verreauxii
Family: Hylidae
Common names: Whistling Treefrog; Verreaux's Frog -
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Species: Neobatrachus sudelli
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Meeowing Frog; Sudell's Frog; Eastern Metal-eyed Frog; Common Spadefoot Toad; Painted Burrowing Frog -
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Species: Paracrinia haswelli
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Haswell's Froglet; Red-groined Froglet -
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Species: Pseudophryne bibronii
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Bibron's Toadlet -
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Species: Pseudophryne semimarmorata
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Southern Toadlet -
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Species: Uperoleia martini
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Martin's Toadlet -
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Species: Uperoleia tyleri
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common name: Tyler's Toadlet