Species profile—Notaden nichollsi (desert shovelfoot)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Limnodynastidae (Australian ground frogs) → Notaden nichollsi (desert shovelfoot)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Limnodynastidae (Australian ground frogs)
- Scientific name
- Notaden nichollsi Parker, 1940
- Common name
- desert shovelfoot
- Type reference
- Parker, H.W. (1940). The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novit. Zool. 42: 1-106 [63].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 670
- Alternate name(s)
- ruby-spotted orbfrog
desert spadefoot toad - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- 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=670.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
