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Species profile—Taudactylus rheophilus (northern tinkerfrog)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs) → Taudactylus rheophilus (northern tinkerfrog)

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Amphibia (amphibians)
Family
Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs)
Scientific name
Taudactylus rheophilus Liem & Hosmer, 1973
Common name
northern tinkerfrog
Type reference
Liem, D.S. & Hosmer, W. (1973). Frogs of the genus Taudactylus with descriptions of two new species (Anura: Leptodactylidae), Mem. Qd. Mus. 16: 435-457 [450 figs 1A 2A 2C 2E 3A 3E 4C 5, pl 29].
WildNet taxon ID
656
Alternate name(s)
mountain torrent frog
northern timber frog
tinkling frog
blunt-nosed torrent frog
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
CR
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Critically endangered
Conservation significant
Yes
Confidential
Yes
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
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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=656.

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

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024