| These
are the world famous gastric brooding frogs. The two
species are endemic to Australia and quite likely extinct
or at least extremely rare.
Rheobatrachus
silus Liem, 1973
Distribution:
Australia.
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Rheobatrachus
vitellinus Mahony, Tyler & Davies, 1984
Distribution:
Australia.
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| Literature |
| Cogger,
H.G. 1983. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. AH &
AW Reed Pty Ltd, 660 pp. |
| Daugherty,
C.H. & L.R. Maxson. 1982. A Biochemical Assessment
of the Evolution of Myobatrachine Frogs. Herpetologica,
38(2): 341-348. |
| Liem,
D.S. 1973. A New Genus of Frog of the Family Leptodactylidae
from SE. Queensland, Australia. Mem. Qd. Mus., 16(3):
459-470. |
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