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Sharp-snouted Day Frog
Taudactylus acutirostris
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.
From the article Sharp snouted day frog on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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. The primary cause for its rapid decline is believed to be the disease chytridiomycosis.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25294.