Northern corroboree frog

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Northern corroboree frog
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Corooboree Frog range
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Pseudophryne
Species:
P. pengilleyi
Binomial name
Pseudophryne pengilleyi
Wells & Wellington, 1985

The northern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi) is a species of Australian ground frog, native to southeastern Australia. [2] It is differentiated by the southern corrboree frog by having slightly narrower and greener stripes, while also being smaller. [3] Northern corroboree frogs live in waterlogged grasslands and adjacent woodlands. [3] Northern corrboree frogs spend most of their time in the woodlands, going to the waterlogged grasslands in the summer to breed. [3] Females lay around 25 eggs in damp vegetation, and hatch when water levels rise. [3] The northern corrboree frog is listed as critically endangered and has decreased massively, due to chytrid, weeds, droughts, climate change, and livestock. [3]

Northern corroboree frogs live 750–1,800 m (2,460–5,910 ft) above sea level, in three distinct regions, with the frogs displaying three distinct genetic characteristics. These populations live in the following areas: spanning the Fiery Range and Bogong Peaks in Kosciuszko National Park, the Bondo, Micalong and Wee Jasper State Forests in NSW; along the Brindabella Ranges in Namadgi National Park in the ACT; and Bimberi Nature Reserve and Brindabella National Park in NSW. [4]

The northern corroboree frog has not suffered as badly as the southern. It is more widely distributed across about 550 km2 (210 sq mi) of the Brindabella and Fiery Ranges in Namadgi National Park in the ACT, and Kosciuszko National Park and Buccleuch State Forest in NSW. In 2004 it was downgraded from an IUCN assessment of critically endangered to endangered, though in 2022 this decision was reverted. [5]

References

  1. Jean-Marc Hero, Frank Lemckert, Peter Robertson, Harold Cogger, Murray Littlejohn (2004). "Pseudophryne pengilleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Australian Biological Resources Study (15 March 2017). "Species Pseudophryne pengilleyi Wells & Wellington, 1985". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Directorate, ACT Government; PositionTitle=Manager; SectionName=Coordination and Revenue; Corporate=Environment and Planning (16 January 2023). "Northern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi)". www.environment.act.gov.au. Retrieved 26 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Historical distribution". Corroboree Frog. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. Jean-Marc Hero; Graeme Gillespie; Peter Robertson; Frank Lemckert; Murray Littlejohn (2004). "Pseudophryne pengilleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T41050A10394348. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41050A10394348.en . Retrieved 26 April 2023.