Species profile—Cophixalus mcdonaldi (Mount Elliot nurseryfrog)
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) → Microhylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=microhylidae ) (narrow-mouthed frogs) → Cophixalus mcdonaldi (Mount Elliot nurseryfrog)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/4257?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=709#imgGallery )
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
- Microhylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=microhylidae ) (narrow-mouthed frogs)
- Scientific name
- Cophixalus mcdonaldi Zweifel, 1985
- Common name
- Mount Elliot nurseryfrog
- Type reference
- Zweifel, R.G. 1985. Australian frogs of the family Microhylidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182(3): 265 - 388.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 709
- Synonym(s)
- Cophixalus macdonaldi
- Alternate name(s)
- southern nursery-frog
Mount Elliot nursery frog
McDonald's frog - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/17543?f=.png )
- 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=Cophixalus%20mcdonaldi )
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Cophixalus%20mcdonaldi#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=COPHIXALUS%2BMCDONALDI )
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=709 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=709 ).
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.
