Species profile—Litoria lorica (little waterfall frog)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Hylidae (tree frogs) → Litoria lorica (little waterfall frog)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Hylidae (tree frogs)
- Scientific name
- Litoria lorica Davies & McDonald, 1979
- Common name
- little waterfall frog
- Type reference
- Davies, M. & McDonald, K.R. (1979). A new species of stream-dwelling hylid frog from northern Queensland. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 103: 169-176 [170 figs 1, 2A, B, C, 3].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 602
- Synonym(s)
- Dryopsophus loricus
Ranoidea lorica - Alternate name(s)
- armoured mistfrog
armoured frog
armoured mist frog
Thornton Peak treefrog - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=602.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
