Kroombit Tinker Frog

Kroombit Tinker Frog

Taxobox
name = Kroombit Tinker Frog


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Myobatrachidae
genus = "Taudactylus"
species = "T. pleione"
binomial = "Taudactylus pleione"
binomial_authority = Czechura, 1986
synonyms = The Kroombit Tinker Frog or Pleione's Torrent Frog ("Taudactylus pleione") is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland in Australia. It lives among rocks and leaf litter near small flowing streams.

As most other members of the genus "Taudactylus", this species has declined drastically and is consequently considered critically endangered by the IUCN. The reason for this decline is unclear, but likely linked to the disease Chytridiomycosis. It may also be threatened by habitat loss.

Conservation status

It is listed as "Critically Endangered" on the IUCN Red List, and as "Endangered" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.

References

* Hines, H., Meyer, E., Cunningham, M. & Clarke, J. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21533/all Taudactylus pleione] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
* [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=1889 Taudactylus pleione.] Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Accessed 2008-06-29.


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