Chile Darwin's frog

Chile Darwin's frog

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhinodermatidae
Genus: Rhinoderma
Species:
R. rufum
Binomial name
Rhinoderma rufum
(Philippi, 1902)
Range of Rhinoderma rufum (in red)
Range of Rhinoderma rufum (in red)
Synonyms[2]

Heminectes rufus Philippi, 1902

The Chile Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma rufum),[2] also called the northern Darwin's frog,[1][3] is a possibly extinct frog, and one of only two members of the family Rhinodermatidae.[4] It is endemic to central Chile.[1]

  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Rhinoderma rufum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T19514A79809567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T19514A79809567.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sears, Michael; Soto-Azat, Claudio; Valenzuela-Sánchez, Andrés; Clarke, Barry T.; Busse, Klaus; Ortiz, Juan Carlos; Barrientos, Carlos; Cunningham, Andrew A. (2013). "Is chytridiomycosis driving Darwin's frogs to extinction?". PLOS ONE. 8 (11): e79862. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...879862S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079862. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3835940. PMID 24278196.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Frost genus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).