Taudactylus liemi

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Taudactylus liemi
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Taudactylus liemi

Systematics
Order : Frog (anura)
Subordination : Neobatrachia
Superfamily : Myobatrachoid
Family : Australian southern frogs (Myobatrachidae)
Genre : Taudactylus
Type : Taudactylus liemi
Scientific name
Taudactylus liemi
Ingram , 1980

Taudactylus liemi is a frog from the family of the Australian southern frogs (Myobatrachidae). The art epithet honors the Indonesian-American herpetologist David S. Liem .

features

Taudactylus liemi reaches a head-trunk length of 21 to 29 mm. The top and the flanks are gray-brown. Between the eyes there is a dark brown or black triangular spot, the tip of which is directed backwards and sometimes fused with a wide, dark, lyre-shaped vertebral zone. A black stripe runs from the muzzle, through the eyes and eardrum to the groin. The head sides are otherwise dark brown. There is a V-shaped mark on the front of the hind limbs. An indistinct dark stripe runs along the front of the upper flanks. The limbs and toes have narrow, black bars. The back of the legs is bright brown with fine light yellow speckles, the front is cream-colored with fine dark brown spots. The skin is smooth on the top and bottom. The muzzle is rounded. The fingers and toes have only slightly widened tips and no webbed feet. The fingers have well-developed tubercles under the joints and the toes are frayed. The fourth toe is elongated.

distribution

Taudactylus liemi is endemic to Eungella National Park west of Mackay in Queensland . The species occurs from the Cathu State Forest in the north to Crediton in the south at altitudes of 180 to 1250 m. The area of ​​the distribution area is less than 5000 km².

status

1994 Taudactylus liemi in the category ( "high risk" endangered ) in the IUCN Red List of IUCN added. In 1996, the status was ( 'at risk' vulnerable changed) and 2002 ( "potentially at risk" near threatened ). There are several potential threats to this species, but there is still no evidence of how they will affect populations. These threats are forest grazing and the trampling of the bank vegetation by cattle , introduced toad ( Bufo marinus ), which can enter the natural habitats of Taudactylus liemi via roads and ponds for reproduction, and the chytrid fungus (which has been detected in some streams that Frogs has apparently not yet infected).

literature

  • Glen Ingram: A new frog of the genus Taudactylus (Myobatrachidae) from mid-eastern Queensland with notes on the other species of the genus Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 20, 1980, pp. 111-119.
  • Harold G. Cogger: Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. 6th edition. Ralph Curtis Books, Sanibel, Florida 2000, ISBN 0-88359-048-4 , p. 116.
  • Michael Tyler, Frank Knight: Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia CSIRO Publishing; Revised edition, 2011, ISBN 978-06-4310-398-6 , p. 142.
  • Jim Turner: Portraits of Australian Frogs , 2014, ISBN 978-09-9249-768-2 , portrait no.91

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