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title: "Desert Trilling Frog"
description: "Neobatrachus sudelli — Amphibians. The Sudell's frog, painted burrowing frog (Neobatrachus sudellae), trilling frog or desert trilling frog (formerly Neobatrachus centralis) is a species of burrowing frog common to a large part of southeastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/desert-trilling-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Desert Trilling Frog

> Neobatrachus sudelli — Amphibians. The Sudell's frog, painted burrowing frog (Neobatrachus sudellae), trilling frog or desert trilling frog (formerly Neobatrachus centralis) is a species of burrowing frog common to a large part of southeastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Neobatrachus sudelli*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 869
- Wikidata: [Q2275175](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275175)
- iNaturalist taxon: [134952](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/134952)

## Names

- en: Desert Trilling Frog
- nl: Sudell's frog

## Countries with the most observations

AU (724)

## Summary

The Sudell's frog, painted burrowing frog (Neobatrachus sudellae), trilling frog or desert trilling frog (formerly Neobatrachus centralis) is a species of burrowing frog common to a large part of southeastern Australia. It is found on and west of the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales to  western Victoria and southern Queensland, as well as far eastern South Australia, and southern regions of the Northern Territory.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudell%27s_frog

## Photo

![Desert Trilling Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-trilling-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109030925

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-trilling-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).