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Shoemaker frog

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Shoemaker frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Neobatrachus
Species:
N. sutor
Binomial name
Neobatrachus sutor
Main, 1957

The shoemaker frog (Neobatrachus sutor) is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. It is found in Western Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate scrub, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, and temperate desert. The frog is named after the noise they make which sounds like a hammer in use. The frog is yellow to golden in colour. It usually has some brown blotches. When they breed, the female frog lays 200 – 1000 eggs.

References

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  1. ^ Jean-Marc Hero, Paul Horner, Dale Roberts (2004). "Neobatrachus sutor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41180A10409152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41180A10409152.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)