Eastern water-holding frog
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The eastern water-holding frog, flat-headed frog, common water-holding frog or water-holding frog (Ranoidea platycephala) is a frog from Australia. It lives in the dry middle of the country in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales.[2][3]
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Clade: | Ranoidea |
Species: | R. platycephala
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Binomial name | |
Ranoidea platycephala (Günther, 1873)
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The adult frog is from 6.0 to 9.0 cm long. It is dark in color or mottled green.[4] This frog lives in many kinds of land, for example grasslands, temporary wetlands, and Australian wetlands called billabongs. When the weather is dry, this frog digs a burrow in the ground and saves water. It lays eggs, 500 at a time, when the ground floods and makes temporary pools.[3]
References
- ↑ Hero, J.; Lemckert, F.; Robertson, P.; Mahony, M. (2008). "Litoria platycephala". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T41076A10396927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41076A10396927.en. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ranoidea platycephala (Günther, 1863)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.M. Hero. "Cyclorana platycephala: Eastern water-holding frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Cyclorana platycephala: Water-holding Frog". Frogs of Australia. Retrieved September 27, 2020.