Southern corroboree frog
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The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is a species of Australian ground frog native to southeastern Australia.[2][3]
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Southern corroboree frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Myobatrachidae |
Genus: | Pseudophryne |
Species: | P. corroboree |
Binomial name | |
Pseudophryne corroboree Moore, 1953 | |
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The species was described in 1953 by Fulbright research scholar John A. Moore from a specimen collected at Towong Hill Station at Corryong, Victoria, and sent to the Australian Museum. The curator, Roy Kinghorn, recognised it as a new species and allowed Moore to describe it.[4]