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Monash has or used to have 33 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Baw Baw 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.

Baw Baw Frog

Philoria frosti

Status: Critically Endangered

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

Philoria frosti has greater than 80% of its range within Monash

The Baw Baw Frog grows to 45 mm. It is dark brown above with scattered black flecks and irregular lighter patches. The upper surface is scattered with small warts on the sides and rump. There are prominent black lobe-shaped paratoid glands on each side extending over the shoulders.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

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