Kimberley froglet

Kimberley froglet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Crinia
Species: C. fimbriata
Binomial name
Crinia fimbriata
Doughty, Anstis & Price, 2009

The Kimberley froglet, Crinia fimbriata, is an Australian froglet found on the Mitchell Plateau in the north-west region of the Kimberley Mountains in Western Australia.[1]

As part of National Science Week 2010, the froglet was listed as one of Australia's Top 10 New Species of new Australian species discovered in 2009.[2]

References

  1. Paul Doughty, Marion Anstis & Luke C. Price (2009). "A new species of Crinia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the high rainfall zone of the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 25: 127–144.
  2. "Australia's Top 10 New Species. Which Did Australia Choose as No. 1?". Bush Blitz. 2010.


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