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Spicospina flammocaerulea (Sunset frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

First discovered in the year 1994, the Aussie Sunset Frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea) is a species of ground-dwelling frog native to south-west Western Australia, Australia. It is the only species in the genus Spicospina. It is known from only 27 sites, all occurring east and northeast of Walpole.
View Wikipedia Record: Spicospina flammocaerulea

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Spicospina flammocaerulea

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
16
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
64
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 32.19
EDGE Score: 4.89
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  124
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
Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mt Frankland South National Park II 104476 Western Australia, Australia      
Mt Roe National Park II 315554 Western Australia, Australia      
Quarram Nature Reserve 9452 Western Australia, Australia      
Walpole-Nornalup National Park 39166 Western Australia, Australia      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia Yes

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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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