False western froglet
False western froglet | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Myobatrachidae |
Genus: | Crinia |
Species: | C. pseudinsignifera
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Binomial name | |
Crinia pseudinsignifera Main, 1957
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The false western froglet (Crinia pseudinsignifera) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, wastewater treatment areas, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- Hero, J.-M.; Roberts, D. (2004). "Crinia pseudinsignifera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T41138A10404737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41138A10404737.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Crinia
- Amphibians of Western Australia
- Amphibians described in 1957
- Frogs of Australia
- Myobatrachidae stubs
- Western Australia stubs