- Mount Glorious Day Frog
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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, 1966The 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
- Hero, J.-M., May, S., Newell, D., Hines, H., Clarke, J. & Meyer, E. 2004. Taudactylus diurnus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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