Blacksoil toadlet
| Blacksoil toadlet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Myobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Uperoleia |
| Species: | U. trachyderma
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| Binomial name | |
| Uperoleia trachyderma Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
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| Distribution of the blacksoil toadlet | |
The blacksoil toadlet (Uperoleia trachyderma) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Taxonomy[]
The species was split in 2014, with the populations in the western part of the range, including all those in Western Australia, being assigned to a new species, the ratcheting toadlet (Uperoleia stridera).[1]
References[]
- ^ Catullo, Renee A; Doughty, J Paul; Keogh, J Scott (2014). "A new frog species (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the Northern Deserts region of Australia, with a redescription of U. trachyderma". Zootaxa. 3753 (3): 251–262.
- Hero, J.-M.; Roberts, D.; Horner, P.; Retallick, R. (2004). "Uperoleia trachyderma". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T41062A10395905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41062A10395905.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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