#1998 · 🐸 amphibians
Spotted Marsh Frog
🇳🇱 Spotted grass frog ·Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
📍 Northern Ward, Brighton, VIC, AU
📍 Jacka ACT 2914, Australia
📍 Corangamite - North, AU-VI, AU
📍 Forbes NSW 2871, Australia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © David Cook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Ian Sutton · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Ian Sutton · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Rolf Lawrenz · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © fruitbat · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Simon Grove · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Northern Ward, Brighton, VIC, AU:© cunninghamskinkfanclub · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Jacka ACT 2914, Australia:© Dr Belinda Wilson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Corangamite - North, AU-VI, AU:© unmotivated_frog · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Forbes NSW 2871, Australia:© nhentze · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The spotted grass frog or spotted marsh frog ( Limnodynastes tasmaniensis ) is a terrestrial frog native to Australia. It is distributed throughout all of New South Wales and Victoria, eastern South Australia, the majority of Queensland, and eastern Tasmania. It is also naturalised in Western Australia, having been unintentionally introduced at Kununurra in the 1970s, apparently during the relocation of several hundred transportable homes from Adelaide.
base stats
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.
- 5,550 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1858 (168 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Marsh Frog
- Nederlands
- Spotted grass frog
- scientific name
- Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Limnodynastidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,550
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1858
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Limnodynastidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 22036, Wikidata Q2274770, GBIF 2429578, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.