Species profile—Assa darlingtoni (pouched frog)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians) → Myobatrachidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=myobatrachidae ) (Australian water frogs) → Assa darlingtoni (pouched frog)

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Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=693&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=693&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=693 )

Species details

Kingdom

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (animals)

Class

Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians)

Family

Myobatrachidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=myobatrachidae ) (Australian water frogs)

Scientific name

Assa darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1933)

Common name

pouched frog

Type reference

Loveridge, A. (1933). Four new crinine frogs from Australia. Occ. Pap. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 8:55-60.

WildNet taxon ID

693

Synonym(s)

Crinia darlingtoni

Alternate name(s)

Australian marsupial frog
marsupial frog
hip-pocket frog

Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status

Vulnerable

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status

Vulnerable

Conservation significant

Yes

Endemicity

Native

Pest status

Nil

Species environment

Terrestrial

Other resources

• Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) ( https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/spratlookupspecies.pl?earchtype=Sciname&name=Assa%20darlingtoni )
• Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Assa%20darlingtoni#tab_mapView )
• Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=ASSA%2BDARLINGTONI )

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=693 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=693 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.