Shoemaker frog
Species of amphibian
| Shoemaker frog | |
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Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Limnodynastidae |
| Genus: | Neobatrachus |
| Species: | N. sutor |
| Binomial name | |
| Neobatrachus sutor Main, 1957 | |
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The shoemaker frog (Neobatrachus sutor) is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. It is found in Western Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate scrub, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, and temperate desert. The frog is named after the noise they make which sounds like a hammer in use. The frog is yellow to golden in colour. It usually has some brown blotches. When they breed, the female frog lays 200 – 1000 eggs.
References
- ^ Jean-Marc Hero, Paul Horner, Dale Roberts (2004). "Neobatrachus sutor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41180A10409152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41180A10409152.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20110221125431/http://frogsaustralia.net.au/frogs/display.cfm?frog_id=60
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