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Ranoidea vagitus (Wailing Frog)

Synonyms: Cyclorana vagita; Cyclorana vagitus; Dryopsophus vagitus; Litoria vagitus

Wikipedia Abstract

Cyclorana vagitus, the Wailing Frog, is a tree frog occupying the arid and monsoonal Kimberley (Western Australia) region. A member of the predominantly Australian Cyclorana genus, it is a ground dweller, which evades dry periods by burrowing and hibernating - emerging to breed during floods.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.47
EDGE Score: 2.35
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  7.5 grams
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.772 inches (4.5 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Kimberly tropical savanna Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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