Hosmer's frog

Hosmer's frog
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Genus:	Cophixalus
Species:	C. hosmeri
Binomial name
Cophixalus hosmeri Zweifel, 1985

Hosmer's frog (Cophixalus hosmeri) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. Also known as the Rattling nursery-frog or Pipping nursery-frog, it is endemic to Queensland, Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It has previously been threatened by habitat loss but is now endangered.

The female has a snout–vent length of 17 mm. ^[2]

Conservation status

C. hosmeri was listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2022. ^[1] As of July 2019 ^[update] , it was classified as critically endangered under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . ^[3]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Cophixalus hosmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T41121A78439368. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
2. Gould, John; Beranek, Chad; Valdez, Jose; Mahony, Michael (2020). "Quality versus quantity: The balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians is related to life history and environmental conditions". bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.03.15.992495 . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
3. Cophixalus hosmeri , Species Profile and Threats Database , Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.