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Barred Frog
The barred frogs are a group of frogs in the genus ''Mixophyes''. They are the largest of the Australian ground frogs, from the family Myobatrachidae. The barred frogs are native to the eastern coast of Australia, with one species inhabiting New Guinea. They are restricted to rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests. They often habit under moist leaf litter, where they hunt small invertebrates. The males will also call from leaf litter close to a water source. It is suspected that the barred frog tadpoles eat carrion, if available, after both great barred frog (''Mixophyes fasciolatus'') and Fleay's barred frog (''Mixophyes fleayi'') tadpoles have both been observed eating carrion. The genus consists of large frogs; the giant barred frog is the second largest frog in Australia. All species have visible tympanums, maxillary and vomerine teeth The vomer (; ) is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the spheno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Barred Frog
The great barred frog (''Mixophyes fasciolatus'') is an Australian ground-dwelling frog of the genus ''Mixophyes''. Description The great barred frog reaches a size of 8 centimetres and has large, powerful legs. It has a dark brown dorsal surface and a white ventral surface. The thighs are yellow blotched with black and it has parallel black bars along the legs. A dark line begins at the snout, passes through the eye and over the tympanum, and bends down behind the tympanum. Its feet are fully webbed and hands completely un-webbed. Its eyes are on top of the head and the tympanum is visible. The tadpoles are quite large, reaching 8.5 centimetres long, and are grey-brown or gold-brown in colour. Ecology and behaviour The great barred frog is a ground-dwelling frog which inhabits rainforests, Antarctic beech forests, or wet sclerophyll forests. This frog breeds in both streams and ponds, and it calls from the surrounding land. All the other frogs of the genus ''Mixophyes'' breed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vomerine Teeth
The vomer (; ) is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the left and right palatine bones, and the left and right maxillary bones. The vomer forms the inferior part of the nasal septum in humans, with the superior part formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone. The name is derived from the Latin word for a ploughshare and the shape of the bone. In humans The vomer is situated in the median plane, but its anterior portion is frequently bent to one side. It is thin, somewhat quadrilateral in shape, and forms the hinder and lower part of the nasal septum; it has two surfaces and four borders. The surfaces are marked by small furrows for blood vessels, and on each is the nasopalatine groove, which runs obliquely downward and forward, and lodges the nasopalatine nerve and vessels. Borders The ''superior border'', the thickest, presents a deep furrow, bounded on either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myobatrachidae
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (''Mixophyes iteratus''), at in length. The entire family is either terrestrial or aquatic frogs, with no arboreal species. Characteristics The family Myobatrachidae contains forms of parental care unique in the animal kingdom. The two species of gastric-brooding frog (genus: ''Rheobatrachus''), are found in this family. The females of these species swallow their young, where they develop until metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and different .... The pouched frog (''Assa darlingtoni'') ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Barred Frog
The northern barred frog (''Mixophyes schevilli'') is a large, ground dwelling frog native to tropical northern Queensland, Australia. Description The Northern barred frog is a large frog, reaching a maximum length of 10 centimetres. It has powerful legs and arms, with a large head and large eyes. It has a brown or copper dorsal surface with irregular, darker blotches along the middle of its back. A dark line runs from the snout, through the eye, and over the tympanum to the top of the shoulder. Like all frogs of the genus ''Mixophyes'', the Northern barred frog has bars running across its legs. The toes are fully webbed, the fingers are unwebbed, and the tympanum is visible. Ecology and behaviour The Northern barred frog inhabits dense tropical rainforest, close to fast-flowing streams. It usually hides and hunts in leaf litter. Like ''Mixophyes iteratus'' and '' Mixophyes fasciolatus'', this species lays its eggs on the banks of streams. Rain then washes them into the stream wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Barred Frog
The giant barred frog (''Mixophyes iteratus'') is a species of barred frog found in Australia. It occurs from south-eastern Queensland to just south of the Newcastle region in New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South .... It is associated with flowing streams and creeks in wet sclerophyll and rainforest habitats from the coast to the ranges. Description This is Australia's second largest species of frog, reaching a maximum size of about 120 mm. This frog is normally dark brown on the dorsal surface with some spots of variable size in a darker colour. The upper half of the iris is golden in colour, with the bottom half being darker, a thin dark stripe runs from the snout, through the eye, and down past the tympanum. There is a dark triangle shape on the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namosado Barred Frog
''Mixophyes hihihorlo'', also known as the Namosado barred frog, is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to eastern New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s. References Mixophyes Amphibians of Papua New Guinea Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1990 {{Myobatrachidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixophyes Coggeri
The mottled barred frog (''Mixophyes coggeri'') is a species of large frog that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet ''coggeri'' honours Professor Harold Cogger, formerly of the Australian Museum, for contributions to herpetology Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in .... Description The species grows to about 105 mm in length ( SVL). Colouration is brown on the back, with darker patches along the middle; the belly is yellow-white; the limbs have dark horizontal bars, with large cream blotches on the backs of the thighs. The fingers are unwebbed; the toes are webbed. Behaviour The species breeds from spring to early autumn. Eggs are laid in stream pools and are then kicked out of the water by the female to stick to solid surfaces, such as earth banks or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixophyes Carbinensis
The Carbine barred frog (''Mixophyes carbinensis''), or Carbine frog, is a species of large frog that is endemic to Australia. Description The species grows to about 80 mm in length ( SVL). Colouration is brown on the back, with darker patches and a longitudinal dark stripe; the belly is white; the male has an orange and grey throat. The fingers are unwebbed; the toes are webbed. Behaviour Eggs are laid in stream pools in tropical rainforest, and are then kicked out of the water by the female to stick to solid surfaces, such as rock faces, above the pools. The tadpoles then drop into the water after hatching. Distribution and habitat The species occurs only on the Carbine A carbine ( or ) is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges. The smaller size and ligh ... and Windsor Tablelands in the Wet Tropics of nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttering Frog
The stuttering frog (''Mixophyes balbus'') is a large species of frog that inhabits temperate and sub-tropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest in Australia. Distribution Until 2023, this species was thought conspecific with the southern stuttering frog (''M. australis''). Following taxonomic revision, this species is thought to be endemic to New South Wales, ranging from the Timbarra River near Drake, south to the northern Macleay River catchment. It occurs at altitudes between 600 m and 1400 m. Unlike ''M. australis'', the species occurs only at high altitudes. Description This frog can reach up to 80 mm in length. Its dorsal surface is brown and diffuses laterally to merge with a pale yellow on the ventral surface. An irregular shaped blotch starts between the eyes and finishes mid-dorsal and may be broken up. There is a dark head stripe that starts before the nostril as a triangle, it then continues from the nostril to the eye, then from the eye over the tympanum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Stuttering Frog
The southern stuttering frog (''Mixophyes australis'') is a large species of frog endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is found in mid-eastern New South Wales and at least formerly Victoria, where it ranges from Carrai National Park south to East Gippsland. It inhabits temperate and subtropical rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, and moist gullies in dry forests. Long considered to comprise southern populations of the stuttering frog (''M. balbus''), it was not recognised as a new species until 2023, when a phylogenetic study found it to be deeply divergent from ''M. balbus'' and thus described it as a new species. The distributions of the northern and southern stuttering frogs are separated by the Macleay River. This species has disappeared from two-thirds of its distribution, and thus qualifies for Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Populations south of Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
