False Western Froglet

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False Western Froglet
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Myobatrachidae Genus: Crinia Species: C. pseudinsignifera
Binomial name
Crinia pseudinsignifera Main, 1957

The False Western Froglet (Crinia pseudinsignifera) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations , water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, wastewater treatment areas, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Hero, J.-M. & Roberts, D. 2004. Crinia pseudinsignifera. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.