Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Limnodynastidae > Limnodynastes > Limnodynastes fletcheri

Limnodynastes fletcheri (Long-thumbed frog)

Synonyms: Limnodynastes marmoratus; Opisthodon fletcheri

Wikipedia Abstract

The Long-thumbed Frog, Fletcher's Frog or Barking Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes fletcheri) is a species of non-burrowing ground frog native to southeastern Australia. The species belongs to the genus Limnodynastes. The twelve species in the genus are characterised by a lack of toe pads. Following phylogenetic analysis, the species was placed in L.peronii clade group alongside L. depressus, L. tasmaniensis and L. peronii.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
14
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
41
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 29.16
EDGE Score: 3.41
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.34 grams
Litter Size [1]  300
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.968 inches (5 cm)

Ecoregions

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
Riverland Biosphere Reserve Ia 1490891 South Australia, Australia

Prey / Diet

Aedes candidoscutellum[2]
Culicoides rabauli[3]
Prionocyphon niger[3]

Predators

Austrelaps labialis (Pygmy Copperhead)[4]
Suta suta (Curl Snake, Myal Snake)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Parathelandros australiensis[6]
Rhabdias hylae[6]

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.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Temporal Variation in Food Web Structure: 16 Empirical Cases, Kenneth Schoenly and Joel E. Cohen, Ecological Monographs, 61(3), 1991, pp. 267–298
♦ 4Ecological Ramifications of Prey Size: Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Australian Copperhead Snakes (Austrelaps, Elaidae), Richard Shine, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 21-28, 1987
♦ 5Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Small Australian Snakes of the Genera Unechis and Suta (Elapidae), RICHARD SHINE, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 307-315, 1988
♦ 6Gibson, 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