Mountain-top nursery frog

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Mountain-top nursery frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Cophixalus
Species:
C. monticola
Binomial name
Cophixalus monticola
Richards, Dennis, Trenberry & Werren, 1994

The mountain-top nursery-frog (Cophixalus monticola) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. Jean-Marc Hero, Conrad Hoskin, Keith McDonald (2004). "Cophixalus monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T57780A11673163. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57780A11673163.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)