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Taudactylus rheophilus (Northern Tinker Frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Northern Tinker Frog or Tinkling Frog (Taudactylus rheophilus) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to humid mountainous areas of north-eastern Queensland in Australia. It lives among rocks and logs at small fast-flowing streams. Adults are nocturnal. As most other members of the genus Taudactylus, this species has declined drastically and is consequently considered critically endangered by the IUCN. The reason for this decline is unclear, but likely linked to the disease Chytridiomycosis. It may also be threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Taudactylus rheophilus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Taudactylus rheophilus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
18
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
87
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 35.04
EDGE Score: 6.36
View EDGE Record: Taudactylus rheophilus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.08 grams
Litter Size [1]  43
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.181 inches (3 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Queensland tropical rain forests Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Protected Areas

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chilomastix caulleryi <Unverified Name>[2]
Trichomitus batrachorum <Unverified Name>[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.
2Species 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