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unusual facts about Southwest Australia


Amphibians of Western Australia

The frogs inhabit a wide range of habitat and many in the Southwest, such as Myobatrachidae sp., occur only in that region.


Actinodium cunninghamii

A common name, Albany Daisy, indicates its distribution in Southwest Australia, occurring inland from the southern coast near Albany and on the Esperance Plains to the Fitzgerald River.

Adenanthos glabrescens

Adenanthos glabrescens is a species of small shrub endemic to the Ravensthorpe area in southwest Western Australia.

Moggridgea

The majority of the 33 species of the genus are found in southern Africa and Socotra, with outlying and relict species in Australia's Southwest and Kangaroo Island.

Paraserianthes lophantha

Paraserianthes lophantha, commonly called Albizia, Cape Leeuwin Wattle, Cape Wattle or Crested Wattle, is a fast-growing tree that occurs naturally along the southwest coast of Western Australia, from Fremantle to King George Sound.

Western Rufous Bristlebird

The bristlebird had a very restricted range, being found only in a stretch of coastal scrub about 50 km long between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Mentelle in south-western Australia.


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Dermomurex howletti

This marine species occurs on the continental shell off southwest Australia and in the Great Australian Bight.

G. alba

Geocrinia alba, the white-bellied frog, a small frog species found in Southwest Australia

G. rosea

Geocrinia rosea, the karri or roseate frog, a frog species endemic to Southwest Australia

Pelargonium drummondii

The plant is found along granitic coastal regions and inland granitic inselbergs of Southwest Australia, east of the Esperance Plains to the western most point at Cape Naturaliste.