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title: "Ornate Burrowing Frog"
description: "Platyplectrum ornatum — Amfibieën. The ornate burrowing frog (Platyplectrum ornatum) is a species of ground frog native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ornate-burrowing-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ornate Burrowing Frog

> Platyplectrum ornatum — Amfibieën. The ornate burrowing frog (Platyplectrum ornatum) is a species of ground frog native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Platyplectrum ornatum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5071
- Wikidata: [Q2275519](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275519)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66479](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66479)

## Names

- en: Ornate Burrowing Frog
- pt: Limnodynastes ornatus

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4959)

## Summary

The ornate burrowing frog (Platyplectrum ornatum) is a species of ground frog native to Australia. It was moved to the genus Opisthodon in 2006, following a major revision of amphibians, and is now classified in the genus Platyplectrum.

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

## Photo

![Ornate Burrowing Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-burrowing-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bethlea Bell · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199350405

## Machine access

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