Western water-holding frog
The western water-holding frog is a frog from Australia. Scientists are not sure whether it should be called Ranoidea occidentalis or Cyclorana occidentalis. It lives in Western Australia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Clade: | Cyclorana |
| Species: | C. occidentalis
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| Cyclorana occidentalis (Anstis, Price, Roberts, Catalano, Hines, Doughty, and Donnellan, 2016)
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The adult male frog is 6.0 cm long and the adult female frog is 7.0 cm long. It has a flat body. The frog lives in places where the ground is dry. It has webbed feet and spends much of its time in the water. Because it has such a wide head, scientist think this frog eats other frogs. They think it eats them when they come to lay eggs in the same temporary bodies of water where the western water-holding frog lays its eggs.[3]
This frog has young when it rains. The female lays eggs in bodies of water that dry up quickly, 500 at a time.[3]
The tadpoles are 8.0 cm long. Once they become young frogs, they are 3.5 cm long.[3]
Western Water-holding Frog Media
Cyclorana occidentalis, male, lateral view
Live adult of Cyclorana occidentalis. Dorsal view, holotype female WAM R 111826.
Live adult of Cyclorana occidentalis. Anterior view, holotype female WAM R 111826.
Live adult of Cyclorana occidentalis. Female no voucher, lateral view, Carnarvon, WA.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ranoidea occidentalis (Anstis, Price, Roberts, Catalano, Hines, Doughty, and Donnellan, 2016)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Cyclorana occidentalis". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Western Water-holding Frog". Western Australia Museum. 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2020.