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Mackellar has or used to have 28 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Giant Barred 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.

Giant Barred Frog

Mixophyes iteratus

Status: Vulnerable

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

Mixophyes iteratus is found across 25 electorates.

The Giant Barred Frog is a large, dark-olive green to black coloured frog that grows to 115 mm. It has a pointed snout and a broad lateral band of dark spots dividing the dark dorsal surface from the white, or pale yellow, ventral surface. The limbs have dark crossbars. The hind side of the thighs are black with large yellow spots. Two joints of the fourth toe are free of web. The skin is finely granular above but smooth below.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes