Striped burrowing frog

Striped burrowing frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Ranoidea
Species:
R. alboguttata
Binomial name
Ranoidea alboguttata
(Günther, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Chiroleptes alboguttatus
  • Mitrolysis alboguttatus
  • Chiroleptes albopunctatus
  • Litoria alboguttata
  • Brendanura alboguttata
  • Cyclorana alboguttata
  • Litoria (Cyclorana) alboguttata
  • Dryopsophus alboguttatus

The striped burrowing frog, greenstripe frog, or Australian striped treefrog (Ranoidea alboguttata) is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

This frog lives in forests and in grasslands that are covered in water for part of the year. They spend a lot of time aboveground when it there is a lot of rain or water around, and they spend more time underground near ponds when the weather is dry. This frog can stay underground for years waiting for rainy weather.

Scientists believe this frog lays eggs in bodies of water and the tadpoles grow into frogs before these bodies of water dry up.

References

  1. ↑ Jean-Marc Hero; John Clarke; Ed Meyer; Richard Retallick; Paul Horner (2004). "Litoria alboguttata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41066A10383389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41066A10383389.en. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ranoidea alboguttata (Günther, 1867)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 J.M. Hero; Harry Hines; Ed Meyer; D. Newell (April 5, 2002). "Cyclorana alboguttata: Striped Burrowing Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Rebecca L. Cramp (2005). The effects of aestivation and re-feeding on the structure and function of the gut in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata (PhD thesis). The University of Queensland. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.13046.34889. Retrieved August 20, 2020.