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Rheobatrachus, whose members are known as the gastric-brooding frogs or platypus frogs, is a genus of extinct ground-dwelling frogs native to Queensland in eastern Australia. The genus consisted of only two species, the southern and northern gastric-brooding frogs, both of which became extinct in the mid-1980s.
The southern gastric-brooding frog was discovered in 1972 and described in 1973, [2] though there is one publication suggesting that the species was discovered in 1914 (from the Blackall Range). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Rheobatrachus silus was restricted to the Blackall Range and Conondale Ranges in southeast Queensland , north of Brisbane , between ...
The call was loud, consisting of several staccato notes. It was similar to the southern gastric-brooding frog's call although deeper, shorter and repeated less often. The northern gastric-brooding frog was observed feeding on caddisfly larvae and terrestrial and aquatic beetles as well as the Eungella torrent frog (Taudactylus eungellensis). [6]
Family Centrolenidae – Glass frog, including Allophrynidae Genus Allophryne - Tukeit Hill frog; ... Genus Rheobatrachus - Gastric-brooding frog; Genus Spicospina;
Frogs aren't exactly the animals that get a lot of attention online. Which is a shame because they're really cool, so we're about to change that. Bored Panda put together a collection of pictures ...
Pictures Southern gastric-brooding frog: Rheobatrachus silus: Conondale and Blackall Ranges, Queensland Last captured from the wild in 1981, the last captive specimen died in 1983. Reasons for extinction unknown, but chytridiomycosis is suspected. [83] Northern gastric-brooding frog: Rheobatrachus vitellinus: Eungella National Park, Queensland
The brooding dads made an incredible 7,000-mile journey by boat, plane, and car to London Zoo from their remote island off the southern coast of Chile. The frogs were first discovered by Charles ...
The leaf green tree frog (Litoria phyllochroa) is a species of tree frog common to forests of eastern Australia. Amphibians of Australia are limited to members of the order Anura, commonly known as frogs. All Australian frogs are in the suborder Neobatrachia, also known as the modern frogs, which make up the largest proportion of extant frog ...