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Species of amphibian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The sharp snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris), or sharp-nosed torrent frog, is an extant species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to upland rainforest streams in north-eastern Queensland in Australia.
Sharp snouted day frog | |
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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) | |
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]
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