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Southern gastric-brooding frog
Southern gastric-brooding frog
(Rheobatrachus silus)
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Also known as:
Conondale gastric-brooding frog
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Myobatrachidae
Genus
Rheobatrachus
(1)
Size
Male length: 30 - 44 mm
(2)
Female length: 41 - 54 mm
(2)
Status
Classified as Extinct (EX) by the IUCN Red List 2007
(1)
, and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(3)
.
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