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Crinia (Australian froglet)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Crinia is a genus of frog, native to Australia, and part of the family Myobatrachidae. It consists of small frogs, which are distributed throughout most of Australia, excluding the central arid regions. Many of the species within this genus are non-distinguishable through physical characteristics, and can only be distinguished by their calls. They have unwebbed toes and fingers, most of the species in these genus are polymorphic - meaning that several variations of colour and skin patterning exist in a single population and all species lay their eggs in small clumps in water.
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Species

Crinia bilingua (Bilingual Frog) (Attributes)
Crinia crottyi
Crinia deserticola (Desert Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia fimbriata (Kimberley froglet)
Crinia flindersensis
Crinia georgiana (Quacking Frog) (Attributes)
Crinia glauerti (Glauert's Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia insignifera (Sign-bearing Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia lowingae
Crinia maateni
Crinia merceicai
Crinia nimbus (Moss Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia oxeyi
Crinia parinsignifera (Murray River Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia pseudinsignifera (False Western Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia remota (Paperbark Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia riparia (Streambank Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia signifera (Common eastern froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia sloanei (Sloane's Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia sloppi
Crinia stevebennetti
Crinia subinsignifera (Small Western Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia tasmaniensis (Tasmanian Froglet) (Attributes)
Crinia tinnula (Tinkling froglet) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0