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Ranoidea lorica (Armoured Frog)

Synonyms: Dryopsophus loricus; Litoria lorica; Pengilleyia lorica

Wikipedia Abstract

The armoured frog (or armoured mist frog, Litoria lorica) is a species of tree frog in the torrent frog complex (Litoria nannotis), a group restricted to north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Ranoidea lorica

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ranoidea lorica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.81
EDGE Score: 5.06
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  107
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.378 inches (3.5 cm)

Ecoregions

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

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Daintree National Park II 190805 Queensland, Australia  
Monkhouse Timber Reserve 29314 Queensland, Australia      
Mount Lewis National Park II 68053 Queensland, Australia  
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site 2210160 Queensland, Australia    

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.
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