Australian Frog Atlas: Fine-scale species distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset

This is version three of the Australian Frog Atlas: shapefiles and KML files of the most up to date, accurate and detailed set of Australian frog species distribution maps available, and both a shapefile and detailed PDF map of Australian frog species richness. All of these are available as a free resource under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. When using any material from the Australian Frog Atlas, please refer to and cite Cutajar et al. (2022), outlined in full below, which introduces the dataset and describes it in detail.

Cutajar. T. P., Portway, C. D., Gillard, G. L., and Rowley, J. J. L. (2022) Australian Frog Atlas: Fine-scale species distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online. 36: 1-48. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.36.2022.1789

Caveat: The occurrence data used in the development of these maps are from a range of sources. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness, including vetting of data using published literature. However, no guarantee is given, nor responsibility taken by the authors or their institutions for errors or omissions, nor in respect of any information or advice given in relation to, or as a consequence of, the maps and data provided herein. These maps are indicative only and aim to capture the known and presumed distributions of individual frog species and frog species richness within Australia. A taxonomic revision of Australo-Papuan tree frogs published in June 2025 proposes the reclassification of more than 120 Australian tree frog species (in the genera Litoria and Cyclorana) into 22 genera. This proposed change has not been adopted in this version of the Australian Frog Atlas.