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Leiopelma archeyi (Archey's Frog)

Synonyms: Leioaspetos archeyi

Wikipedia Abstract

Archey's frog, Leiopelma archeyi, is an archaic, rare frog native to New Zealand, one of only three (or four) extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is named after Sir Gilbert Archey, the former Director of the Auckland Institute. The holotype is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is found only in the Coromandel Peninsula and near Te Kuiti in the North Island of New Zealand. This species, along with others in the family, have changed little over the past 200 million years, and thus represent "living fossils".
View Wikipedia Record: Leiopelma archeyi

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Leiopelma archeyi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
44
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
100
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 85.93
EDGE Score: 7.24
View EDGE Record: Leiopelma archeyi

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years
Litter Size [1]  9
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  17 years
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.496 inches (3.8 cm)
Top 100 Endangered [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northland temperate kauri forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coromandel Forest Park Conservation Park 177669 New Zealand      
Whangapoua Forest Stewardship Area 262 New Zealand      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Predators

Ranoidea aurea (Golden Bell Frog)[3]
Rattus rattus (black rat)[3]

Range Map

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.
2Baillie, J.E.M. & Butcher, E. R. (2012) Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom.
3Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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