Species profile—Rheobatrachus vitellinus (northern gastric brooding frog)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs) → Rheobatrachus vitellinus (northern gastric brooding frog)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs)
- Scientific name
- Rheobatrachus vitellinus Mahony, Tyler & Davies, 1984
- Common name
- northern gastric brooding frog
- Type reference
- Mahony, M.J.; Tyler, M.J. and Davies, M. (1984). A new species of the genus Rheobatrachus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108(3): 155-162.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 650
- Alternate name(s)
- northern platypusfrog
stream frog
Eungella gastric-brooding frog - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Extinct
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData 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=650
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
