Assa darlingtoni

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	MYOBATRACHIDAE

Scientific Name:

Assa darlingtoni

Species Authority:

(Loveridge, 1933)

Common Name/s:

English

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Hip-pocket Frog, Marsupial Frog, Pouched Frog

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2004

Assessor/s:

Jean-Marc Hero, John Clarke, Ed Meyer

Reviewer/s:

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

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2002

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Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This Australian endemic has disjunctive distributions from the Conondale and Blackall Ranges in southeastern Queensland south to the Dorrigo Plateau in northeastern New South Wales. Populations also occur on the D’Aguilar, Main, Gibraltar and Border Ranges.
Countries:	Native: Australia
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Population [top]

Population:	The species is common in some areas with suitable habitat (eg. Lamington National Park, southeast Queensland). There is no data on population size, structure or dynamics.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is generally found in wet forest environs amongst leaf-litter. About 10 eggs are laid in a large mass of jelly on the ground in late summer. The male approaches hatching tadpoles and allows them to wriggle up onto his back and into hip pouches where they remain for about 2 months before emerging as tiny frogs. There is evidence to suggest that logging has had a negative impact on this species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

The species is generally found in wet forest environs amongst leaf-litter. About 10 eggs are laid in a large mass of jelly on the ground in late summer. The male approaches hatching tadpoles and allows them to wriggle up onto his back and into hip pouches where they remain for about 2 months before emerging as tiny frogs. There is evidence to suggest that logging has had a negative impact on this species.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	In the past much of its habitat was cleared or logged for timber resources. A majority of its remaining habitat however is in protected areas.

Major Threat(s):

In the past much of its habitat was cleared or logged for timber resources. A majority of its remaining habitat however is in protected areas.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Much of the species' habitat is within protected areas. It is listed as rare in Queensland and vulnerable in New South Wales.

Conservation Actions:

Much of the species' habitat is within protected areas. It is listed as rare in Queensland and vulnerable in New South Wales.

Citation:	Jean-Marc Hero, John Clarke, Ed Meyer 2004. Assa darlingtoni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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