Notaden weigeli

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	LIMNODYNASTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Notaden weigeli

Species Authority:

Shea and Johnston, 1987

Common Name/s:

English

–

Weigel’s Toad

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2004

Assessor/s:

Harold Cogger, Dale Roberts, Paul Horner

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

History:

2002

–

Data Deficient

Range Description:	This Australian endemic is known from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, where its estimated altitudinal range is 0-300m asl.
Countries:	Native: Australia
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Population:	There is no information available regarding its population status.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found on rock platforms near the Mitchell River in northern Western Australia, and has also been found at the entrance to a small gorge at Mount Elizabeth Station. It presumably breeds by larval development in water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	There are no threats known to this species, and there are unlikely to be any due to the isolation of its range.

Major Threat(s):

There are no threats known to this species, and there are unlikely to be any due to the isolation of its range.

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Mitchell River National Park.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Mitchell River National Park.

Citation:	Harold Cogger, Dale Roberts, Paul Horner 2004. Notaden weigeli. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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