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Species profile—Cophixalus mcdonaldi (Mount Elliot nurseryfrog)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Microhylidae (narrow-mouthed frogs) → Cophixalus mcdonaldi (Mount Elliot nurseryfrog)

Photo of Cophixalus mcdonaldi (Mount Elliot nurseryfrog) - Hines, H.,Queensland Government,1999
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Amphibia (amphibians)
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
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Species environment
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=709.

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

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