Species profile—Platyplectrum ornatum (ornate burrowing frog)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Limnodynastidae (Australian ground frogs) → Platyplectrum ornatum (ornate burrowing frog)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Amphibia (amphibians)
- Family
- Limnodynastidae (Australian ground frogs)
- Scientific name
- Platyplectrum ornatum (Gray, 1842)
- Common name
- ornate burrowing frog
- Type reference
- Gray, J.E. (1842). Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. in Gray, J.E. (ed.) Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Wurtz & Co. pp 51-57.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 680
- Synonym(s)
- Opisthodon ornatus
Opisthodon frauenfeldi
Platyplectrum occidentale
Platyplectrum marmoratum
Discoglossus ornatus
Limnodynastes ornatus - Alternate name(s)
- ornate burrowing-frog
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- 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=680
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
