Sharp snouted day frog

Sharp snouted day frog
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Myobatrachidae
Genus:	Taudactylus
Species:	†T. acutirostris
Binomial name
†Taudactylus acutirostris (Andersson, 1916)

The sharp snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris), or sharp-nosed torrent frog, is an extinct species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It was endemic to upland rainforest streams in north-eastern Queensland in Australia.

Description

It was a diurnal, conspicuous and locally abundant species, but a rapid population decline began in 1988. It is considered endangered under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992. ^[2] The primary cause for its rapid decline is believed to be the disease chytridiomycosis. ^[3]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Taudactylus acutirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T21529A78447380. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
2. Taudactylus acutirostris , Species Profile and Threats Database , Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.
3. Schloegel, Hero, Berger, Speare, McDonald, & Daszak. 2006. The decline of the Sharp-snouted Day Frog (Taudactylus acutirostris): The First Documented Case of Extinction by Infection in a Free-Ranging Wildlife Species? EcoHealth 3: 35-40. PDF available