Litoria spenceri
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Litoria spenceri faces severe population decline primarily due to chytrid fungal disease (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), which has devastated amphibian populations across southeastern Australia. Climate change compounds this threat by altering the cool, moist conditions essential for breeding, while habitat fragmentation from agricultural development and infrastructure limits dispersal between remaining populations. The species' restricted range in high-altitude streams makes it particularly vulnerable to these combined pressures.
Habitat
Spencer's Tree Frog inhabits cool, permanent mountain streams and adjacent wet sclerophyll forests in the Australian Alps region of Victoria and New South Wales. The species requires rocky stream beds with overhanging vegetation and maintains strong site fidelity to specific breeding pools at elevations typically above 400 meters.
