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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Vulnerable |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
The species is generally found in cool moist rainforest or eucalypt forest amongst leaf-litter. Between 8–18 relatively large eggs are laid in a large mass of jelly in moist leaf litter on the ground in late summer. The male approaches hatching tadpoles and allows them to wriggle up onto his back and into one of two hip pouches where they remain for about two months before emerging as tiny frogs. It is dependent on native forests (Keith et al. 2014) and is not tolerant of disturbed habitats that open the canopy and dry out and disturb the leaf litter.
Range:
This Australian endemic species has a disjunctive distribution along the coastal escarpment, from the Conondale and Blackall Ranges in southeastern Queensland, south to the Dorrigo Plateau in northeastern New South Wales. It is known from five major geographic regions; Canondale/Blackall Ranges, D'Aguilar Range, MacPherson Ranges, Gibraltar Range and the Dorrigo Plateau. It occurs mostly above 600 m asl.
Its extent of occurrence (EOO) calculated from the map included with this assessment is 35,015 km2, and the area of occupancy (AOO) is 796 km2 as reported in Mahony et al. (2021) using presence records up to March 2021. It may have a slightly larger AOO than is currently known, but it is unlikely to exceed the Vulnerable threshold of 2,000 km2. Each of the six disjunct regions on the map are considered one threat-defined location when considering the impacts of climate change such as extended duration, frequency and intensity of droughts and bushfires.
Its extent of occurrence (EOO) calculated from the map included with this assessment is 35,015 km2, and the area of occupancy (AOO) is 796 km2 as reported in Mahony et al. (2021) using presence records up to March 2021. It may have a slightly larger AOO than is currently known, but it is unlikely to exceed the Vulnerable threshold of 2,000 km2. Each of the six disjunct regions on the map are considered one threat-defined location when considering the impacts of climate change such as extended duration, frequency and intensity of droughts and bushfires.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
Most of the species' habitat is within protected areas.
Conservation Needed
Researchers and land managers must be properly trained to minimise the potential spread of the amphibian chytrid fungus in methods of handling, hygiene, diagnostic keys, etc. Fires must be managed to ensure that prevailing fire regimes do not disrupt the life cycle of the species, so that they support rather than degrade the habitat, and that they do not promote invasion of exotic species.
Research Needed
There is a need for monitoring the population and habitat status of this species given the threats of climate change.
Most of the species' habitat is within protected areas.
Conservation Needed
Researchers and land managers must be properly trained to minimise the potential spread of the amphibian chytrid fungus in methods of handling, hygiene, diagnostic keys, etc. Fires must be managed to ensure that prevailing fire regimes do not disrupt the life cycle of the species, so that they support rather than degrade the habitat, and that they do not promote invasion of exotic species.
Research Needed
There is a need for monitoring the population and habitat status of this species given the threats of climate change.