Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Myobatrachidae > Arenophryne > Arenophryne rotundaArenophryne rotunda (Sandhill Frog)Synonyms: Arenophryne robusta The Northern Sandhill Frog (Arenophryne rotunda) is a small, fossorial frog native to a small region of the Western Australian coast. It was formerly considered the sole species within the Arenophryne genus until the first decade of the 2000s, when a new species of frog called the Southern Sandhill Frog was discovered about 100 kilometres from Geraldton, Western Australia in Kalbarri National Park and given the scientific name Arenophryne xiphorhyncha. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 15.83 EDGE Score: 2.82 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 8 grams |  | | Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) |  | | Litter Size [1] | 8 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Nocturnal [1] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.299 inches (3.3 cm) |
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Southwest Australia savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Dirk Hartog National Park |
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155503 |
Western Australia, Australia |
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Shark Bay World Heritage Site |
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Western Australia, Australia |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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