Mole Toadlet

Mole Toadlet
Mole Toadlet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Uperoleia
Species: U. talpa
Binomial name
Uperoleia talpa
Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1981

The Mole Toadlet (Uperoleia talpa) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Western Australia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Its closest relative is thought to be the recently discovered Pilbara Toadlet (Uperoleia saxatilis).[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Miniature frog discovered in the Pilbara." Australian Geographic. 27 July, 2011.[1]

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