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Adelotus brevis (Tusked frog)

Synonyms: Cryptotis brevis

Wikipedia Abstract

The tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to eastern Australia from Eungella National Park, Queensland south to Ourimbah, New South Wales. It is the only species in the Adelotus genus - adelotus meaning "unseen" and brevis meaning "short".
View Wikipedia Record: Adelotus brevis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
42
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 80.99
EDGE Score: 5.1
View EDGE Record: Adelotus brevis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.42 grams
Litter Size [1]  243
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
Brigalow tropical savanna Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Eastern Australian temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Queensland tropical rain forests Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dunggir National Park II 6402 New South Wales, Australia
Girraween National Park II 28978 Queensland, Australia
Lamington National Park II 50970 Queensland, Australia
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Predators

Demansia psammophis (Yellow-faced Whipsnake, Yellow-Faced Whip Snake)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Rhabdias hylae[3]
Sigmapera cincta[3]
Trichomitus batrachorum <Unverified Name>[4]

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.
♦ 2Ecology of Eastern Australian Whipsnakes of the Genus Demansia, Richard Shine, Journal of Herpetology 14(4):381-389 (1980)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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