Sharp snouted day frog
| Sharp snouted day frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Myobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Taudactylus |
| Species: | †T. acutirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| †Taudactylus acutirostris (Andersson, 1916)
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The sharp snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris), or sharp-nosed torrent frog, is an extinct species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It was endemic to upland rainforest streams in north-eastern Queensland in Australia.
Description
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]
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Taudactylus acutirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T21529A78447380. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Taudactylus acutirostris, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.
- ^ Schloegel, Hero, Berger, Speare, McDonald, & Daszak. 2006. The decline of the Sharp-snouted Day Frog (Taudactylus acutirostris): The First Documented Case of Extinction by Infection in a Free-Ranging Wildlife Species? EcoHealth 3: 35-40. PDF available