After digging through available records this article should shed light on what we know for sure, and what are likely misidentifications, translocations, taxonomic changes or just maybe, genuinely rare. It's the rare ones that are interesting. We should go take a closer look at those, right?

Fifteen species of frog are currently recognised to occur naturally in the ACT. A further three species are considered to have become locally extinct. The available information on distribution, abundance and evidence of change for all 18 species is reviewed.

Conservation status assigned to each species on a national level are summarised. The status of each species in terms of distribution and abundance in the ACT is evaluated and potential threats, further requirements for survey, monitoring and management are outlined.