Appendix A: Threatened amphibian species chytrid disease status

Table A.1. Species of threatened amphibians and their B. dendrobatidis infection status. Status from the Department of the Environment and Heritage (2003) web site (www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicthreatenedlist.pl?wanted=fauna).

• Scientific name Status with respect to infection with B. dendrobatidis Reference (full reference in background document)

• Endangered species

• Geocrinia albaWhite-bellied frog No records. In chytridiomycosis-positive zone. Aplin and Kirkpatrick (2000)

• Litoria castaneaYellow-spotted tree frog No reports. Apparently no survey performed for chytridiomycosis. Disappeared in NSW about mid-1970s. Mahoney (1999)

• Litoria loricaArmoured mistfrog No reports. No survey performed. Population declined in north Qld in 1991 when epidemic chytridiomycosis occurred. McDonald and Alford (1999)

• Litoria nannotisWaterfall frog Upland populations disappeared in Qld with epidemic chytridiomycosis. Lowland populations have endemic chytridiomycosis. Berger et al. (1998); McDonald et al. (2004)

• Litoria nyakalensisMountain mistfrog No records. Upland populations disappeared in North Qld at same time as other frogs with epidemic chytridiomycosis. McDonald and Alford (1999)

• Litoria rheocolaCommon mistfrog Upland populations disappeared in Qld with epidemic chytridiomycosis. Lowland populations have endemic chytridiomycosis. Berger et al (1998); McDonald et al. (2004)

• Litoria spenceriSpotted treefrog Upland populations declined steadily over 20th century, but a precipitous decline of a population at Bogong Ck, Kosciuszko in 1996 was associated with chytridiomycosis. Victorian populations have endemic chytridiomycosis. Berger et al. (1998); Gillespie and Hines (1999)

• Mixophyes fleayiFleay’s frog B. dendrobatidis endemic in SEQ and northern NSW populations. Mahoney (2000); Speare and Berger (2003); Symmonds et al. (2003).

• Mixophyes iteratusSouthern barred frog B. dendrobatidis is endemic in eastern NSW populations. Mahoney (2000)

• Nyctimystes dayiLace-eyed tree frog Upland populations disappeared in Qld with epidemic chytridiomycosis. Lowland populations have endemic chytridiomycosis. Berger et al. (1998); McDonald and Alford (1999); McDonald et al. (in prep)

• Philoria frostiBaw Baw frog No reports. Survey of archived and extant specimens being planned. Osborne et al. (1999)

• Pseudophryne corroboreeSouthern corroboree frog B. dendrobatidis endemic since 1991 and possibly major cause of population decline. Speare and Berger (2003)

• Spicospina flammocaeruleaSunset frog No reports. Apparently no survey performed.

• Taudactylus eungellensisEundella day frog B. dendrobatidis detected as after declines; now endemic. Speare and Berger (2003); Marshall (1998); Rettalick et al. (2004)

• Taudactylus rheophilusTinkling frog No reports. Apparently only one specimen examined. Populations declined in 1989. In area endemic for B. dendrobatidis. McDonald and Alford (1999); Rettalick et al. (2004)

• Vulnerable Species

• Geocrinia vitellinaOrange-bellied frog B. dendrobatidis detected in survey of archived specimens. Aplin and Kirkpatrick (2000)

• Heelioporus australiacusGiant burrowing frog B. dendrobatidis detected in survey of archived specimens. Speare and Berger (2003)

• Litoria aureaGreen and gold bell frog B. dendrobatidis endemic in NSW populations. Mahony (2000); Speare and Berger (2003)

• Litoria littejohniLittlejohn’s tree frog No reports. Apparently no survey performed.

• Litoria olongburensisWallum sedge frog No records. Apparently no survey for chytridiomycosis performed. Mainland sites endemic for B. dendrobatidis, but no positive records from limited surveys of Stradbroke Island. Nature of decline unclear. This species listed because of loss of habitat Hines et al. (1999)

• Litoria piperataPeppered tree frog No records. Apparently no survey performed. Occurs in region with endemic B. dendrobatidis. Gillespie and Hines (1999)

• Litoria raniformisSouthern bell frog B. dendrobatidis endemic in populations in Adelaide and environs. Speare and Berger (2003)

• Litoria verreauxii alpinaAlpine tree frog No records. Apparently no survey performed. In area endemic for B. dendrobatidis. Gillespie and Marantelli (2000)

• Mixophyes balbusSouthern barred frog B. dendrobatidis endemic in populations in NSW. Mahony (2000)

• Pseudophryne covachevicaeMagnificient brood frog No records. No survey done.

• Pseudophryne pengilleyiNorthern corroboree frog B. dendrobatidis endemic since at least 1991. Speare and Berger (2003)

• Taudactylus pleioneKroombit tinker frog No reports. No specimens examined. B. dendrobatidis endemic in region.

Table A.2. Threatened species declared extinct in 2000 and relationship to the key threatening process of infection with B. dendrobatidis (DEH 2003).