Species profile—Cyclorana platycephala (water holding frog)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Hylidae (tree frogs) → Cyclorana platycephala (water holding frog)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Hylidae (tree frogs)
- Scientific name
- Cyclorana platycephala (Günther, 1873)
- Common name
- water holding frog
- Type reference
- Gunther, A. (1873). Description of two new species of frogs from Australia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 11: 349-350 [350].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 621
- Synonym(s)
- Litoria platycephala
Chiroleptes platycephalus
Cyclorana slevini - Alternate name(s)
- water-holding frog
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
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 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=621
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
