Sloane's Froglet
Crinia sloanei
Australia's Threatened Species Category
Endangered
Listed since: 4/07/2019
IUCN's Threatened Species Category
Endangered
Listed since: 11/05/2021
Population trend: Decreasing
Other names: No other names
Priority Species? No
The Australian government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 selected over 100 priority species derive from consultation with threatened species experts and the wider community. While all species are important, focusing on a limited number of species can help target effort and resources so that outcomes can be achieved, measured and shared.
Description
Sloane's Froglet is endemic to the Murray-Darling Basin appears to be restricted to a very small area of New South Wales near Albury and Corowa. Sloane�s Froglet lives and breeds in temporary and permanent waterbodies including oxbows off creeks and rivers, farm dams, large and small natural wetlands, constructed frog ponds and temporary puddles. It prefers wetlands that contain riparian and aquatic vegetation.
Threats
Quollity Conservation Hub's Overall Priority Score
66
Average life span:
Unknown
Number of young produced each year:
< 100
Number of breeding events each year:
One
Minimum sexual maturity age:
Unknown
Who is helping
Useful links for more detailed information on this species
DCCEEW - Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
SPRAT - DCCEEW Species Profile and Threats Database
Threats to Sloane's Froglet are principally related to habitat loss and degradation however, the majority of the ecological communities providing Sloane's Froglet habitat are listed nationally as Critically Endangered.