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IUCN Workshop |
Assessing the Conservation Status of Australian Frogs
6-9 February 2001
Hosted by ASH in the Department of Zoology, University of Tasmania and Funded by IUCN & Environment Australia
As part of the new IUCN Global Amphibian Assessment process, Craig Hilton-Taylor(IUCN) and Dr Jean-Marc Hero (ASH/Griffith University) organised and completed a national workshop to assess the conservation status of Australian Frogs in February 2001. ASH President, Professor Roy Swain, hosted the workshop at the University of Tasmania. Over twenty amphibian biologists attended with expertise covering all regions of Australia. The primary objective was to facilitate an urgently required update of the current IUCN listings for the 213 currently described frog species in Australia. The findings from this workshop were open to discussion for 3 months following the workshop before the final listing was posted on behalf of the group (see below). This information will be used to update the IUCN listing and submitted to Environment Australia later in 2001 for consideration in updating the Commonwealth listing under the EPBC Act (2000).
Following 3 days of discussions the group reached consensus on the final listings summarised as:
Extinct 3 species; Critically Endangered 14 species; Endangered 8 species; Vulnerable 15 species; Near Threatened 4 species; Data Deficient 22 species; Least Concern 147 species. The listing for each species is attached (see below).
Considering the first 2 categories 17 species (8%) of Australian frog species are listed as extinct or critically endangered. Combining the first 3 categories 25 (11.7%) of Australian frog species are currently threatened with extinction. A total of 40 Australian frog species (18.8 %) are currently threatened or vulnerable to extinction. The results of this assessment highlight the number of the frog species currently threatened with extinction in Australia.
Organisers/facilitators:
Dr Jean-Marc Hero, Australian Society of Herpetologists & Griffith University
Craig Hilton-Taylor, IUCN Switzerland, Red List Officer.
Workshop Participants:
Dr Ross Alford QLD - James Cook University; Peter Brown, Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife; Dr Hal Cogger NSW Australian Museum; Margaret Considine Environment Australia; Michael Cunningham, QLD University; Naomi Doak & Clare Morrison ASH - Griffith University; Graeme Gillespie VIC, DNR; Harry Hines QLD - Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service; Paul Horner Northern Territory Museum; Frank Lemckert New South Wales Forestry; Dr Murray Littlejohn, University of Melbourne; Sylvana Mass & Sarah May Environment Australia; Keith McDonald, Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service; Ed Meyer, Queensland University; David Newell NSW- Southern Cross University; Dr Stan Orchard World Wildlife Fund Sydney; Dr Dale Roberts University of Western Australia; Peter Robertson VIC; Luke Shoo ASH - Griffith University.
Additional Contributors:
Simon N. Stuart Co-ordinator, IUCN Species Programme; Karl Bossard ERIN - EA ACT;Greg Hollis, NRE, Vic; Dr Michael Mahony University of Newcastle; Dr Will Osborne & David Hunter University of Canberra; Dr Richard Retallick QPWS, Dr Michael Tyler, University of Adelaide.
Thanks to all participants who contributed to this successful workshop.
Final IUCN listing for Australian Frogs as of June 1, 2001
IUCN workshop final listing
Family
Genus and species
EX Myobatrachidae Rheobatrachus silus EX Rheobatrachus vitellinus EX Taudactylus diurnus CRB2ab(i-v) Hylidae Litoria booroolongensis CRA2c; B1ab(iv); D Litoria lorica CRA2ac; B1ab(iv); D Litoria nyakalensis CRB2ab(i-v) Litoria spenceri CRD Litoria castanea CRD Litoria piperata CRA1abc Litoria verreauxii alpina CRA2abc; B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii) Myobatrachidae Philoria frosti CRA2abc+3abc; B2ab(i-v); C1 Pseudophryne corroboree CRA2ac Taudactylus rheophilus CRA2ac; B1ab(iv,v)+2b(v); C2a(i); D Taudactylus acutirostris CRB1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) Taudactylus pleione CRB2ab(ii) Geocrinia alba CRB2ab(ii,iv,v) Pseudophryne pengilleyi ENB2ab(iii) Hylidae Litoria brevipalmata ENA2a Litoria nannotis ENB2ab(iii) Litoria raniformis ENA2ac Litoria rheocola ENA2ac Nyctimystes dayi ENB2ab(iii) Myobatrachidae Mixophyes fleayi ENB2ab(iii) Mixophyes iteratus ENA3c Taudactylus eungellensis VUD2 Hylidae Litoria andiirmalin VUA2abce Litoria aurea VUB2ab(ii-v) Litoria freycineti VUB2ab(ii-v) Litoria olongburensis VUB2ab(ii-v) Myobatrachidae Crinia tinnula VUD2 Geocrinia vitellina VUA2bc Heleioporus australiacus VUD2 Kyarranus sp. Mahony & Knowles sp. 3 VUC1+2a(i) Mixophyes balbus VUA2bc Pseudophryne australis VUD2 Pseudophryne covacevichae VUD2 Spicospina flammocaerulea VUD2 Microhylidae Cophixalus mcdonaldi VUD2 Cophixalus neglectus VUD2 Cophixalus saxatilis NT Hylidae Litoria cooloolensis NT Litoria subglandulosa NT Myobatrachidae Adelotus brevis NT Taudactylus liemi DD Hylidae Litoria cavernicola DD Litoria jervisensis DD Litoria littlejohni DD Microhylidae Cophixalus peninsularis DD Cophixalus zweifeli DD Myobatrachidae Crinia sloanei DD Notaden weigeli DD Pseudophryne bibronii DD Pseudophryne douglasi DD Pseudophryne semimarmorata DD Uperoleia arenicola DD Uperoleia aspera DD Uperoleia borealis DD Uperoleia crassa DD Uperoleia marmorata DD Uperoleia martini DD Uperoleia micromeles DD Uperoleia minima DD Uperoleia mjobergii DD Uperoleia orientalis DD Uperoleia talpa DD Uperoleia tyleri LC Bufonidae Bufo marinus LC Hylidae Cyclorana alboguttata LC Cyclorana australis LC Cyclorana brevipes LC Cyclorana cryptotis LC Cyclorana cultripes LC Cyclorana longipes LC Cyclorana maculosus LC Cyclorana maini LC Cyclorana manya LC Cyclorana novaehollandiae LC Cyclorana platycephala LC Cyclorana vagitus LC Cyclorana verrucosus LC Litoria adelaidensis LC Litoria bicolor LC Litoria burrowsae LC Litoria caerulea LC Litoria chloris LC Litoria citropa LC Litoria coplandi LC Litoria cyclorhyncha LC Litoria dahli LC Litoria dentata LC Litoria electrica LC Litoria eucnemis LC Litoria ewingii LC Litoria fallax LC Litoria genimaculata LC Litoria gilleni LC Litoria gracilenta LC Litoria inermis LC Litoria infrafrenata LC Litoria latopalmata LC Litoria lesueuri LC Litoria longirostris LC Litoria meiriana LC Litoria microbelos LC Litoria moorei LC Litoria nasuta LC Litoria nigrofrenata LC Litoria pallida LC Litoria paraewingi LC Litoria pearsoniana LC Litoria peronii LC Litoria personata LC Litoria phyllochroa LC Litoria revelata LC Litoria rothii LC Litoria rubella LC Litoria splendida LC Litoria tornieri LC Litoria tyleri LC Litoria verreauxii verreauxii LC Litoria wotjulumensis LC Litoria xanthomera LC Microhylidae Cophixalus bombiens LC Cophixalus concinnus LC Cophixalus crepitans LC Cophixalus exiguus LC Cophixalus hosmeri LC Cophixalus infacetus LC Cophixalus ornatus LC Sphenophrne robusta LC Sphenophryne adelphe LC Sphenophryne fryi LC Sphenophryne gracilipes LC Sphenophryne pluvialis LC Myobatrachidae Arenophryne rotunda LC Assa darlingtoni LC Bryobatrachus nimbus LC Crinia bilingua LC Crinia deserticola LC Crinia georgiana LC Crinia glauerti LC Crinia insignifera LC Crinia parinsignifera LC Crinia pseudinsignifera LC Crinia remota LC Crinia riparia LC Crinia signifera LC Crinia subinsignifera LC Crinia tasmaniensis LC Geocrinia laevis LC Geocrinia leai LC Geocrinia lutea LC Geocrinia rosea LC Geocrinia victoriana LC Heleioporous barycragus LC Heleioporus albopunctatus LC Heleioporus eyrei LC Heleioporus inornatus LC Heleioporus psammophilus LC Kyarranus kundagungan LC Kyarranus loveridgei LC Kyarranus sp. Mahony & Knowles sp. 2 LC Kyarranus sphagnicolus LC Lechriodus fletcheri LC Limnodynastes convexiusculus LC Limnodynastes depressus LC Limnodynastes dorsalis LC Limnodynastes dumerilii LC Limnodynastes fletcheri LC Limnodynastes interioris LC Limnodynastes lignarius LC Limnodynastes ornatus LC Limnodynastes peronii LC Limnodynastes salmini LC Limnodynastes spenceri LC Limnodynastes tasmaniensis LC Limnodynastes terraereginae LC Metacrinia nichollsi LC Mixophyes fasciolatus LC Mixophyes schevilli LC Myobatrachus gouldii LC Neobatrachus albipes LC Neobatrachus aquilonius LC Neobatrachus centralis LC Neobatrachus fulvus LC Neobatrachus kunapalari LC Neobatrachus pelobatoides LC Neobatrachus pictus LC Neobatrachus sudelli LC Neobatrachus sutor LC Neobatrachus wilsmorei LC Notaden bennetti LC Notaden melanoscaphus LC Notaden nichollsi LC Paracrinia haswelli LC Pseudophryne coriacea LC Pseudophryne dendyi LC Pseudophryne guentheri LC Pseudophryne major LC Pseudophryne occidentalis LC Uperoleia altissima LC Uperoleia capitulata LC Uperoleia fusca LC Uperoleia glandulosa LC Uperoleia inundata LC Uperoleia laevigata LC Uperoleia lithomoda LC Uperoleia littlejohni LC Uperoleia mimula LC Uperoleia rugosa LC Uperoleia russelli LC Uperoleia trachyderma LC Ranidae Rana daemeli