Mount Glorious Day Frog

Mount Glorious Day Frog
Mt Glorious Day Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Taudactylus
Species: T. diurnus
Binomial name
Taudactylus diurnus
Straughan & Lee, 1966

The Mt Glorious Day Frog, Mt Glorious Torrent Frog, or Southern Day Frog (Taudactylus diurnus) was a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It was endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers. Reasons for this species decline have not been confirmed but it very likely to be a result of chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Conservation status

It is listed as Extinct on the IUCN Red List, but is still listed as Endangered under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.

Source

Frogs Australia Network Recently Extinct Animals