Hochstetter's frog

Hochstetter's frog

Declining (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leiopelmatidae
Genus: Leiopelma
Species:
L. hochstetteri
Binomial name
Leiopelma hochstetteri
The distribution of Hochstetter's frog on the North Island map

Hochstetter's frog or Hochstetter's New Zealand frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri)[3] is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. They possess some of the most ancient features of any extant frogs in the world.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NZTCS2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Leiopelma hochstetteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T11452A66654724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11452A66654724.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger, 1861". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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