Southern corroboree frog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the southern corroboree frog lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pseudophryne corroboree
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Myobatrachidae

Where does the southern corroboree frog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the southern corroboree frog in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the southern corroboree frog endangered?

The southern corroboree frog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the southern corroboree frog?

The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Myobatrachidae, genus Pseudophryne. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the southern corroboree frog

The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is a species of Australian ground frog native to southeastern Australia. They are yellow and black in colour.

The species was described in 1953 by Fulbright research scholar John A. Moore from a specimen collected at Towong Hill Station at Corryong, Victoria, and sent to the Australian Museum. The curator, Roy Kinghorn, recognised it as a new species and allowed Moore to describe it.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern corroboree frog (revision 1369187680), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2296149 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).