Species profile—Uperoleia rugosa (chubby gungan)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs) → Uperoleia rugosa (chubby gungan)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs)
- Scientific name
- Uperoleia rugosa (Andersson, 1916)
- Common name
- chubby gungan
- Type reference
- Andersson, L.G. (1916). Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 9. Batrachians from Queensland. K. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ns) 52: 1-20 [13 fig 4].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 639
- Synonym(s)
- Uperoleia capitulata
- Alternate name(s)
- wrinkled toadlet
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- 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=639
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
