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	Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN (Red List) Status	Least Concern (LC) See threat category on Global Amphibian Assessment web site.
CITES	No CITES Listing
Other International Status	None
National Status	None
Regional Status	None

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Australia

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Range and Population
Southwest and arid zones from Edel Land (Shark Bay) south to Kalbarri National Park and inland to Cooloomia, Western Australia. Also on Dirk Hartog Island. The extent of occurrence of the species is approximately 38100 km2.

Habitat and Ecology
Found in course-grained coastal sand dunes. Relys on moisture in sand and rainfall. It burrows in the soft sand and shelters up to 10cm underground. Is active in the winter months when it emerges from the burrow to feed.

Breeding is from March to April when males call from above or below the surface. Pairs form in late spring and spend summer together underground. Large eggs are laid in deep burrows up to 80cm under the ground in moist sand. There is no free-swimming tadpole and tiny frogs hatch from the eggs after about 2 months.

Trends and Threats
Desiccation through drought. Coastal development.

Conservation Measures
Protected in Shark Bay due to World Heritage Listing and also protected in Kalbarri National Park.

References
 

Barker, J., Grigg, G. C., and Tyler, M. J. (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty and Sons, New South Wales.  

Roberts, J.D. (1984). ''Terrestrial egg and deposition and direct development in Arenophryne rotunda, a myobatrachid frog from the coastal sand dunes at Shark Bay, Western Australia.'' Australian Wildlife Research, 11, 191-200.  

Tyler, M.J., Smith, L.A., and Johnstone, R.E. (1994). Frogs of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.

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