| Moss froglet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Myobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Crinia |
| Species: | C. nimbus |
| Binomial name | |
| Crinia nimbus (Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies & Littlejohn, 1994) | |
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The moss froglet (Crinia nimbus), or moss frog, is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Tasmania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, temperate shrubland, and swamps.
Crinia is a genus of frog, native to Australia, and part of the family Myobatrachidae. It consists of small frogs, which are distributed throughout most of Australia, excluding the central arid regions. Many of the species within this genus are non-distinguishable through physical characteristics, and can only be distinguished by their calls.
The common eastern froglet is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.
The Tasmanian froglet is a species of ground-dwelling frog that occurs only in Tasmania, Australia.
The Malabar gliding frog or Malabar flying frog is a rhacophorid tree frog species found in the Western Ghats of India.
The streambank froglet or Flinders Ranges froglet is a small, locally common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae.
The bilingual frog is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, intermittent rivers, and swamps.
The desert froglet is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae, endemic to Australia. The species is not under any threat of extinction. Desert froglets occur mainly in dry or moist savanna habitats, principally from the mid-western border of Northern Territory, south-east into western Queensland and New South Wales and the north-east corner of South Australia. They can also be found along the Queensland coast where it has been recorded between Townsville and Cooktown, and as far south as Hervey Bay.
The quacking frog also known as the red-thighed froglet is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its call has been described as closely resembling the quack of a duck.
Glauert's froglet, rattling froglet or clicking froglet 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, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, sewage treatment areas, and introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The sign-bearing froglet is a frog in the family Myobatrachidae. The species was first described by John Alexander Moore in 1954. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The false western froglet 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.
The remote froglet is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is found in Australia and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, coastal freshwater lagoons, and canals and ditches.
Sloane's froglet is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and intermittent freshwater marshes in and around the floodplains of the Murray-Darling Basin
The small western froglet is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Geocrinia rosea, the karri or roseate frog is a species in the family, Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Southwest Australia.
The Bainskloof moss frog or Bainskloof chirping frog is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa.
Arthroleptella is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa.
Margaret Davies is an Australian herpetologist born on 8 November 1944. She worked at the University of Adelaide studying Australian frogs, retiring in 2002. Initially appointed to a teaching post at the university, she was inspired to research frog taxonomy and their ecology from the 1970s. She identified over 30 new species of frogs during her career. She has contributed to over 120 publications.
The northern Flinders Ranges froglet, or Flinders Springs froglet, is a species of small frog that is endemic to Australia.
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