The sharp snouted day frog (''Taudactylus acutirostris''), or sharp-nosed torrent frog, is an

extant Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant hereditary titles * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, ...

species of frog in the family

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 ...

. It is endemic to upland rainforest streams in north-eastern Queensland in Australia.

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.Schloegel, Hero, Berger, Speare, McDonald, & Daszak. 2006. ''The decline of the Sharp-snouted Day Frog (Taudactylus acutirostris): The First Documented Case of Extinction by Infection in a Free-Ranging Wildlife Species?'' EcoHealth 3: 35-40
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References

Taudactylus Amphibians of Queensland Nature Conservation Act endangered biota Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1916 Frogs of Australia Taxa named by Lars Gabriel Andersson {{Myobatrachidae-stub