| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | MYOBATRACHIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Uperoleia marmorata | |||
| Species Authority: | Gray, 1841 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2004 | |||||||||
| Assessor/s | Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts, Paul Horner | |||||||||
| Evaluator/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) | |||||||||
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Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainty as to its taxonomic status as well as absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements. |
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| Range Description: | This species is known only from the original collection site, south of the mouth of Prince Regent River in the Kimberley zone of Western Australia, Australia. The exact locality is not known, so when its range is mapped a large area is covered, within which the exact locality is assumed to be. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Australia
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: | This was the first Uperoleia species discovered in Australia, in 1841. Despite numerous sightings at the time, it has not been recorded since and is now known only from the original specimen. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species was found in grasslands and woodlands in areas that flooded. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | Threats to this species are unknown. |
| Conservation Actions: | It is thought likely to occur within Prince Regent Nature Reserve. |
| Citation: | Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts, Paul Horner 2004. Uperoleia marmorata. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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