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#1964 · 🐸 amphibians

Common Eastern Froglet

Crinia signifera

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Common Eastern Froglet, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Simon Grove · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common eastern froglet ( Crinia signifera ) is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 8,894iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 8,894 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1853 (173 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Eastern Froglet
scientific name
Crinia signifera
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Myobatrachidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
8,894
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1853

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 25231, Wikidata Q2274017, GBIF 2424585, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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