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Pobblebonk

Limnodynastes dumerilii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Blue Mountains National Park
56 Verified records at Blue Mountains National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Limnodynastes dumerilii is a frog species from the family Limnodynastidae. The informal names for the species and its subspecies include eastern or southern banjo frog, and bull frog. The frog is also called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, which is likened to a banjo string being plucked. There are five subspecies of L. dumerilii, each with different skin coloration. The species is native to eastern Australia. There has been one occurrence in New Zealand, when tadpoles of the species were found in 1999 and destroyed. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Pobblebonk sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 56 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park

Striped Marsh Frog
LC Endemic

Striped Marsh Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Limnodynastes peronii

20–30% · Possible
Spotted Grass Frog
LC Endemic

Spotted Grass Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

5–10% · With luck
Giant Burrowing Frog
EN Endemic

Giant Burrowing Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Heleioporus australiacus

<5% · Rare
Ornate Burrowing Frog
LC Endemic

Ornate Burrowing Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Platyplectrum ornatum

Insufficient data
Peron's Tree Frog
LC

Peron's Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Litoria peronii

20–30% · Possible
Common Eastern Froglet
LC Endemic

Common Eastern Froglet

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Crinia signifera

20–30% · Possible
Verreaux's Tree Frog
LC

Verreaux's Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Litoria verreauxii

10–20% · With luck
Blue Mountains Tree Frog

Blue Mountains Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Ranoidea citropa

10–20% · With luck
Leaf Green Treefrog

Leaf Green Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Ranoidea phyllochroa

10–20% · With luck
Red-crowned Toadlet
NT Endemic

Red-crowned Toadlet

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Pseudophryne australis

5–10% · With luck
Eastern Dwarf Treefrog
LC

Eastern Dwarf Treefrog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Litoria fallax

5–10% · With luck
Broad-palmed Frog
LC Endemic

Broad-palmed Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Litoria latopalmata

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
2 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
6 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pobblebonk in Blue Mountains National Park?

About 14% of wildlife watchers report a Pobblebonk sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 56 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Pobblebonk in Blue Mountains National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Pobblebonk in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.

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