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title: "Tasmanischer Sumpffrosch"
description: "Limnodynastes tasmaniensis — Amphibien. The spotted grass frog or spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) is a terrestrial frog native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/spotted-marsh-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tasmanischer Sumpffrosch

> Limnodynastes tasmaniensis — Amphibien. The spotted grass frog or spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) is a terrestrial frog native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Limnodynastes tasmaniensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld), `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 5374
- Wikidata: [Q2274770](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2274770)
- iNaturalist taxon: [22036](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/22036)

## Names

- en: Spotted Marsh Frog
- de: Tasmanischer Sumpffrosch
- fr: Grenouille ocellée
- nl: Spotted grass frog

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4876)

## Summary

The spotted grass frog or spotted marsh frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) is a terrestrial frog native to Australia. It is distributed throughout all of New South Wales and Victoria, eastern South Australia, the majority of Queensland, and eastern Tasmania. It is also naturalised in Western Australia, having been unintentionally introduced at Kununurra in the 1970s, apparently during the relocation of several hundred transportable homes from Adelaide.
The spotted grass frog was also formerly known as the "Marbled frog" in South Australia, although this common name is also used for Limnodynastes convexiusculus, a species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_grass_frog

## Photo

![Tasmanischer Sumpffrosch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-marsh-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141443146

## Machine access

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