Rheobatrachus vitellinus Mahony, Tyler & Davies, 1984:155
Northern gastric brooding frog, Eungella gastric-brooding frog, Stream frog, Northern platypus frog, Northern platypus frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: March 1985 (Cattle Creek, Eungella N. P.)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Eungella National Park, mid-eastern Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: QM J42529
Paratype: R111733
Media
A photo of a living individual can be seen in (Low & Booth, 2023:22).
References
Original scientific description:
Mahony, M., M.J. Tyler & M. Davies. (1984). A new species of the genus Rheobatrachus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108(3): 155-162.
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