Mountain frog

For other uses, see Mountain frog (disambiguation).

Mountain frog
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Limnodynastidae
Genus:	Philoria
Species:	P. kundagungan
Binomial name
Philoria kundagungan (Ingram & Corben, 1975)
Synonyms
Kyarranus kundagunganIngram & Corben, 1975

The mountain frog (Philoria kundagungan), or red and yellow mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. ^[1] The scientific name comes from the Gubbi Gubbi language of southern Queensland, 'kunda' meaning mountain and 'gungan' meaning frog. ^[2]

Range and habitat

It is endemic to eastern Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical montane rainforests and rivers. It lives in remnant rainforest pockets in the mountains of south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, including the Main Range and Teviot Range, and its distribution is severely fragmented. The mountain frog is known to be found on moist leaves and vegetation; they are also found near creeks or seepage areas. ^[3]

The mountain frog is endangered by habitat loss caused by logging. The species is also threatened by disturbances from upstream that affect hydrological processes or water quality. ^[3]

Sources

• Hero, J.-M.; Meyer, E.; Clarke, J. (2004). "Philoria kundagungan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T54353A11128182. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54353A11128182.en .

References

1. Jean-Marc Hero, Ed Meyer, John Clarke (2004). "Philoria kundagungan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T54353A11128182. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54353A11128182.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "What's in a name?". Australian Geographic. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
3. Jean-Marc Hero, Ed Meyer, John Clarke (2004). "Philoria kundagungan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T54353A11128182. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54353A11128182.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.