False western froglet
Appearance
False western froglet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Myobatrachidae |
Genus: | Crinia |
Species: | C. pseudinsignifera
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Binomial name | |
Crinia pseudinsignifera Main, 1957
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The false western froglet (Crinia pseudinsignifera) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, wastewater treatment areas, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts (2004). "Crinia pseudinsignifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41138A10404737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41138A10404737.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.