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
- 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 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=650.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
