Kimberly water-holding frog
species of amphibian
(Redirected from Ranoidea longipes)
The Kimberly water-holding frog, long-footed frog, collared frog, blotchy frog or variegated burrowing frog (Ranoidea longipes) is a frog from Australia. It lives in the Kimberly region in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.[2][3]
Kimberly water-holding frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Clade: | Ranoidea |
Species: | R. longipes
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Binomial name | |
Ranoidea longipes (Tyler and Martin, 1977)[2]
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This frog lives in grasslands. It likes to dig in the ground. The females lay eggs in shallow water, 50 to 2000 at a time. The tadpoles grow into frogs after one month.[3]
References
change- ↑ Jean-Marc Hero; Dale Roberts; Paul Horner (2004). "Litoria longpies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T41071A10396342. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41071A10396342.en. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ranoidea longipes (Tyler and Martin, 1977)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.M. Hero (April 5, 2002). "Cyclorana longipes: Long-footed frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved September 14, 2020.