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The tree frogs of Australia have various habits, from completely arboreal to fossorial. The other major family native to Australia is Myobatrachidae, consisting of 17 to 22 genera and 112 species. Myobatrachidae is endemic to Australia, New Guinea and a few small islands, however the highest diversity can be found in Australia. [18]
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea.Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12 cm (4.7 in) in length.
Myobatrachus is a genus of frogs found in Western Australia.It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Myobatrachus gouldii, also known as the turtle frog.It gets its name from the resemblance to a shell-less chelonian, which is a type of turtle.
Frog calls sound similar to boatswain whistle and tricorder from Star Trek series, researchers say
The Amphibians of Western Australia are represented by two families of frogs. Of the 78 species found, most within the southwest , 38 are unique to the state. 15 of the 30 genera of Australian frogs occur; from arid regions and coastlines to permanent wetlands.
The striped rocket frog, also known as the rocket frog in its native range, is found mainly in coastal areas from northern Western Australia to Gosford in New South Wales, with an isolated population occurring further south in the Sydney suburb of Avalon. It is also found in the southern lowlands and south east peninsula of Papua New Guinea.
The rattling froglet was first described by Arthur Loveridge, a curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. [2] The species was described from a holotype female collected by Dr Philip Jackson Darlington Jr. at the Mundaring Weir near Perth in southwestern Australia, as part of the Harvard Australian Expedition (1931–1932).
First detected in Australia and Central America in the 1990s, the fungus caused mass mortality and population declines of frogs and other amphibians around the world. “Those were really dark ...