Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Limnodynastidae > Heleioporus > Heleioporus australiacus

Heleioporus australiacus (Giant burrowing frog)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus) is a large frog species that occurs in coastal south east New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Heleioporus australiacus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Heleioporus australiacus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
15
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
63
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 29.85
EDGE Score: 4.82
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  56.59 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  820
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.819 inches (9.7 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Australian Alps montane grasslands Australia Australasia Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Eastern Australian temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Southeast Australia temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Maxvachonia flindersi <Unverified Name>[2]
Parathelandros carinae[2]

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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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