Knife-footed frog

Knife-footed frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Cyclorana
Species:
C. cultripes
Binomial name
Cyclorana cultripes
(Parker, 1940)
Map showing the distribution of the knife-footed frog (Cyclorana cultripes) in Australia
Synonyms
  • Cyclorana cultripes Parker, 1940
  • Litoria cultripes (Parker, 1940)

The knife-footed tree frog, olive water-holding frog or desert collared frog (Ranoidea cultripes) is a frog from Australia. It lives in the Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.

The adult male frog is 4.1 cm long and the adult female frog is 4.3 cm long. Their front feet are not webbed and their back feet have only a little webbing. This frog digs in the ground to make a burrow, where it hides. This frog is gray-brown or olive-brown in color with a thin stripe in the middle of its back down its spine.

This frog lives on flood plains near small streams. It comes aboveground after rain. Scientists do not know what its tadpoles are like.

References

  1. ↑ Hero, J.-M.; Horner, P.; Clarke, J.; Meyer, E. (2004). "Litoria cultripes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41070A10384324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41070A10384324.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ranoidea cultripes (Parker, 1940)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Jean-Marc Hero (June 24, 2010). "Cyclorana cultripes: Knife-footed Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Cyclorana cultripes (Knife-footed Frog)". FrogWatch SA. Retrieved August 27, 2020.