The southern stuttering frog (Mixophyes australis) is a large species of frog endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is found in mid-eastern New South Wales and at least formerly Victoria, where it ranges from Carrai National Park south to East Gippsland. It inhabits temperate and subtropical rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, and moist gullies in dry forests.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Southern Stuttering Barred Frog being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mixophyes balbus
- Mixophyes fleayi
- Mixophyes schevilli
- Mixophyes coggeri
- Mixophyes fasciolatus
- Mixophyes iteratus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Myobatrachidae
- Genus
- Mixophyes
- Species
- Mixophyes australis
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