Crinia is a genus of frog

Frog

Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

, native to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, and part of the family Myobatrachidae

Myobatrachidae

Myobatrachidae is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than long, to the second largest frog in Australia, the Giant Barred Frog , at in length...

. It consists of small frogs, which are distributed throughout most of Australia, excluding the central arid regions. Many of the species within this genus are non-distinguishable through physical characteristics, and can only be distinguished by their calls.

They have unwebbed toes and fingers, most of the species in these genus are polymorphic - meaning that several variations of colour and skin patterning exist in a single population and all species lay their eggs in small clumps in water.

During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s a lot of taxonomic work was done on this genus, frogs that were originally thought to be Common Eastern Froglet

Common Eastern Froglet

The Common Eastern Froglet is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.-Distribution:...

s (Crinia signifera) were described as other species of Crinia by mating call analysis and hybridization experiments. Two species originally described as Crinia were then placed in their own genus, Assa

ASSA

ASSA can refer to:* Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia* Actuarial Society of South Africa* Allied Social Sciences Association* Armed Services Security Agency, UK* Assa Abloy - Swedish manufacturer of locks and security doors...

and Paracrinia. One species of both Geocrinia

Geocrinia

Geocrinia is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to Australia. All the species in this genus were originally referred to as Crinia. Further studies showed there was some considerable differences between this group of frogs and Crinia...

and Taudactylus

Taudactylus

Taudactylus is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to rainforest areas of coastal eastern Australia, most of this genus inhabit fast flowing streams in highland area. Most members of this genus have suffered serious declines, in which the disease chytridiomycosis...

were split from Crinia and the genus Bryobatrachus was also described only to be recently placed back in to Crinia. The Moss Froglet

Moss Froglet

The Moss Froglet or Moss Frog is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Tasmania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, temperate shrubland, and swamps.-References:...

, (Crinia nimbus) is very different physically and in its tadpole development. Due to the obvious differences with other species in Crinia this species is likely to be placed again into a separate genus.

Species

The Crinia genus contains 14 species:

Common name	Binomial name
Bilingual Frog Bilingual Frog The Bilingual Frog is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are moist savanna, intermittent rivers, and swamps.-References:...	Crinia bilingua
Desert Froglet Desert Froglet The Desert Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds.-References:* Hero,...	Crinia deserticola
Quacking Frog Quacking Frog The Quacking Frog also known as the Red-thighed froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia.- Distribution :...	Crinia georgiana
Glauert's Froglet Glauert's Froglet The Glauert's Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens,...	Crinia glauerti
Sign-bearing Froglet Sign-bearing Froglet The Sign-bearing Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps....	Crinia insignifera
Moss Froglet Moss Froglet The Moss Froglet or Moss Frog is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Tasmania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, temperate shrubland, and swamps.-References:...	Crinia nimbus
Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet The Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet is a small, ground dwelling frog native to eastern Australia.-Physical description:...	Crinia parinsignifera
False Western Froglet False Western Froglet The False Western Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent...	Crinia pseudinsignifera
Remote Froglet Remote Froglet The Remote Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea....	Crinia remota
Streambank Froglet Streambank Froglet The Streambank Froglet or Flinders Ranges Froglet is a small, locally common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.-Distribution:...	Crinia riparia
Common Eastern Froglet Common Eastern Froglet The Common Eastern Froglet is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.-Distribution:...	Crinia signifera
Sloane's Froglet Sloane's Froglet The Sloane's Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and intermittent freshwater marshes....	Crinia sloanei
Small Western Froglet Small Western Froglet The Small Western Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and...	Crinia subinsignifera
Tasmanian Froglet Tasmanian Froglet The Tasmanian Froglet, is a species of ground-dwelling frog that occurs only in Tasmania, Australia.-Physical description:This is a fairly small species of frog, up to about 30mm...	Crinia tasmaniensis
Wallum Froglet Wallum Froglet The Wallum Froglet is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to the east coast of Australia, from southeast Queensland to Kurnell, NSW. It is strongly associated with Wallum swampland.-Physical description:...	Crinia tinnula