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MISSING AND DECLINING FROGS OF MID-EASTERN QUEENSLAND

MISSING AND DECLINING FROGS OF MID-EASTERN QUEENSLAND

 

NORTHERN GASTRIC-BROODING FROG (NORTHERN PLATYPUS FROG), Rheobatrachus vitellinus

STATUS:

Missing

LAST SEEN:

March, 1985; Cattle Creek, Eungella N. P..

HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Undisturbed rainforest above 400 m altitude, streams surrounding Mt Dalrymple, Eungella National Park.

EUNGELLA TORRENT FROG (EUNGELLA DAYFROG), Taudactylus eungellensis

STATUS:

Uncertain

LAST SEEN:

June 1994; Finch Hatten Creek, Eungella N.P..

HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Reported as abundant along streams surrounding Mt. Dalrymple and small tributaries of Broken River, Eungella National Park prior to 1985; then as missing between 1985 and 1992 (McDonald, 1990; Couper, 1992). Searches between November 1993 and July 1994 have found low numbers of frogs along six streams surrounding Mt. Dalrymple (J-M Hero and R. Retallick, unpub. data).

 

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