Neobatrachus sudelli

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	LIMNODYNASTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Neobatrachus sudelli

Species Authority:

Lamb, 1911

Common Name/s:

English

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Common Spadefoot Toad, Sudell’s Frog

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2004

Assessor/s:

Jean-Marc Hero, Ed Meyer, John Clarke, Peter Robertson, Frank Lemckert

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, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, 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 is known from south-central Queensland throughout central New South Wales and into central Victoria.
Countries:	Native: Australia
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Stable

Population Trend:

Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an inhabitant of dry regions. It is found in woodlands, shrublands, mallee and open grassland as well as disturbed areas. It becomes active after rains and is buried in loam or clay soils much of the time. It breeds after heavy rain and flooding. Males call whilst floating in open, shallow and still water. Eggs are clumped together and are wrapped around and adhered to submerged vegetation in ponds, dams, ditches and flooded clay pans. Tadpoles are aquatic and take 4-7 months to develop. In "habitat preferences" "other" refers to "clay pans".
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

It is an inhabitant of dry regions. It is found in woodlands, shrublands, mallee and open grassland as well as disturbed areas. It becomes active after rains and is buried in loam or clay soils much of the time. It breeds after heavy rain and flooding. Males call whilst floating in open, shallow and still water. Eggs are clumped together and are wrapped around and adhered to submerged vegetation in ponds, dams, ditches and flooded clay pans. Tadpoles are aquatic and take 4-7 months to develop. In "habitat preferences" "other" refers to "clay pans".

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss/degradation associated with the expansion of agro-industry farming is a threat in some parts of the species' range.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss/degradation associated with the expansion of agro-industry farming is a threat in some parts of the species' range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The range of the species includes several protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

The range of the species includes several protected areas.

Citation:	Jean-Marc Hero, Ed Meyer, John Clarke, Peter Robertson, Frank Lemckert 2004. Neobatrachus sudelli. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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