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Spotted Marsh Frog

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Spotted Marsh Frog
Spotted Marsh Frog
Spotted Marsh Frog
Spotted Marsh Frog

Spotted Marsh Frog

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis (southern call race)

Breeding season: autumn, spring-summer. Females lay 80-1500 pigmented eggs within a floating foam mass.

Details Description
Type
Amphibian
Group
Frog - Southern Frog
Other Common Names
Spotted Grass Frog
Identifying Characteristics

Male 31-42 mm. Female 32-47 mm. A squat species with muscular hind legs and a conspicuous gland beneath the eye, extending to above the forearm.
Distinctive Markings

Adults generally have a smooth pale grey-brown dorsal surface with large olive green spots, and a yellow, red or orange mid-dorsal stripe. Moderately pointed snout and indistinct tympanum.
Diet

Carnivore. Insects including beetles, moths, cicadas and caterpillars, also spiders and other invertebrates.
Habitat

Wet areas, flood plains and semi-permanent water in open forests, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands. Common in farm dams. In dry periods finds shelter in cracks in the ground or under large rocks.
Native Status
Native to Australia
Sounds
The identifying call is a short, sharp 'click' or 'plock' regularly repeated, resembling the sound made when two stones are struck together.
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Limnodynastidae
Genus
Limnodynastes
Species
tasmaniensis
Spotted Marsh Frog
South-eastern and north-eastern Australia from South Australia throughout eastern Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and southern and central Queensland.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.

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Growling Grass Frog
Growling Grass Frog
Growling Grass Frog
Growling Grass Frog

Growling Grass Frog

Litoria raniformis

Breeding season: Spring and early summer. Females lay 1,900-3,900 pigmented eggs in a floating jelly raft which sinks soon after. Males generally call while floating in open water.

Details Description
Type
Amphibian
Group
Frog - Tree Frog
Other Common Names
Southern Bell Frog, Golden Bell Frog, Warty Bell Frog
Identifying Characteristics

Male 55-65 mm. Female 60-104 mm. A large warty species ususally with a pale mid-dorsal stripe and a paler dorso-lateral fold from eye to groin.
Distinctive Markings

Adults vary from bright green to brown with brown or golden blotches on a warty back. Elongated snout and distinct tympanum.
Diet

Carnivore. Adults feed on crickets, cicadas, beetles, moths, caterpillars, other invertebrates, small frogs and fish.
Habitat

Well vegetated ditches, dams and swamps
Native Status
Native to Australia
Sounds
The identifying call is a repeated long growl "crawark-crawark-crok-crok".
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Hylidae
Genus
Litoria
Species
raniformis
Growling Grass Frog
Once common and widespread acoss south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. Now endangered in Victoria.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Endangered
FFG Act
Listed as threatened
EPBC Act
Vulnerable

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.

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Tiger Snake
Tiger Snake
Tiger Snake

Tiger Snake

Notechis scutatus

Viviparous (live young). Producing 20-30 live young late summer or early autumn. Active day and night.

Details Description
Type
Reptile
Group
Snake
Other Common Names
Mainland Tiger Snake
Identifying Characteristics

Varies in colour from uniform light brown to black. Adults can reach 2 m in length. Broad, flattened heads.
Distinctive Markings

Alternating light and dark bands. Occasionally bands may be absent
Diet

Carnivore. Frogs and small insects including cicadas, moths and caterpillars.
Habitat

Prefers swampy or marshy ground. Found near creeks, rivers or dams.
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Notechis
Species
scutatus
Tiger Snake
Found in the temperate areas of southern Australia, including Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.

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Feral Cat

Feral Cat

Felis catus

Some cats are urban strays surviving mainly on human refuse. Others are feral animals which survive by eating native animals. Usually solitary and nocturnal, spending most of the day sheltering in a hollow log, rock pile or an old burrow. Rabbits have helped the spread of feral cats by providing food and burrows for shelter.  Feral cats breed from the age of about one year in any season. They can have up to 2 litters of about four kittens each year. Feral cats are prey for foxes, dingoes and wedge-tailed eagles. 

Details Description
Type
Mammal
Group
Placental
Identifying Characteristics

Fur short, red-brown, black or ginger. Body up to 60 cm long.
Distinctive Markings

Often stripes, dots, lines or patterns on fur.
Diet

Carnivore. Small mammals including young rabbits and bandicoots. Birds, especially ground-nesting or ground-dwelling birds, including eggs and hatchlings, small reptiles, frogs and invertebrates.
Habitat

Most areas, except wetlands.
Native Status
Introduced
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Felis
Species
catus
Feral Cat
Throughout Australia, including western Victoria.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.

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Fungi

Diet: 

Decomposer - breaks down dead and organic matter.

Fungi do not produce their own food. We generally observe the spore-producing fruiting bodies of fungi, however the majority of the organism lives underground, consisting of a network of microscopically thin threads called hyphae. This network, called a mycelium, spreads throughout the soil and decomposes organic matter in the soil.

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