It has been suggested that this article should be split into articles titled Southern corroboree frog and Northern corroboree frog. (discuss) (November 2020) |
Corroboree frog | |
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Southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Myobatrachidae |
Subfamily: | Myobatrachinae |
Genus: | Pseudophryne Fitzinger, 1843 |
Distribution of P. corroboree in blue, P. pengilleyi in red, in New South Wales |
Corroboree frogs (/kəˈrɒbəri/ kuh-ROB-uh-ree) comprise two species of frog native to the Southern Tablelands of Australia. Both species are small, poisonous ground-dwelling frogs. The two species are the southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) and the northern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi). They are unique among frogs in that they produce their own poison rather than obtain it from their food source as is the case in every other poisonous frog species.