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Philoria loveridgei

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Philoria
Species: Philoria loveridgei

Name

Philoria loveridgei Parker, 1940

Type locality: "McPherson Range, 3-4,000 ft., S[outh]. Queensland", Australia.

Holotype: BM 1947.2.19.94.

Synonyms

* Philoria loveridgei Parker, 1940
* Kyarranus loveridgei — Moore, 1958
* Philoria loveridgei — Cogger, Cameron & Cogger, 1983


References

* Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 60.
* Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 24.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Philoria loveridgei . Accessed on 06 June 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Philoria loveridgei (Endangered) Downloaded on 06 June 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Loveridge's Frog

The Loveridge's Frog (Philoria loveridgei) is a species of frog endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical and tropical moist montane forests, and streams. It is threatened by habitat lossand by infection of the Amphibian Chitrid Fungus.

Source

* Hero, J.-M., Clarke, J. & Meyer, E. 2004. Philoria loveridgei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.

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