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
Cyclorana platycephalus
Ranoidea platycephala
Dryopsophus platycephalus
Chiroleptes platycephalus
Cyclorana slevini - Alternate name(s)
- water-holding frog
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
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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=621.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
