Mountain mist frog
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| Mountain mist frog | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Ranoidea |
| Species: | †R. nyakalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ranoidea nyakalensis (Liem, 1974)
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The mountain mist frog or Nyakala frog (Ranoidea nyakalensis) was a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It was threatened by habitat loss and potentially chytrid fungus, before being declared extinct in 2022.[2]
Taxonomy
The mountain mist frog was one of the four species of Australian torrent treefrogs that comprise the Ranoidea nannotis species group. The other species are the common mist frog, waterfall frog, and armoured mist frog.[3]
Conservation status
It was declared extinct in December 2022, a living specimen having not been seen since April 1990.[4][5]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Litoria nyakalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022. IUCN: e.T12149A78434814.
- ↑ "Australia's mountain mist frog declared extinct as red list reveals scale of biodiversity crisis". the Guardian. 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ↑ Amey, Andrew P. (2013). "The reproductive cycle of the Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in Brisbane, south-eastern Queensland: a tropical invader of a subtropical, seasonal environment". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 56 (2): 271–277.
- ↑ "Australia's mountain mist frog declared extinct as red list reveals scale of biodiversity crisis". the Guardian. 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. Litoria nyakalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T12149A78434814. Accessed on 10 December 2022
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