Pseudophryne corroboree Ambystoma macrodactylum

Southern Corroboree Frog Long-toed Salamander

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Taxonomy

Southern Corroboree Long-toed Salamander

Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura Order: Urodela

Family: Myobatrachidae Family: Ambystomatidae

Genus: Pseudophryne Genus: Ambystoma

Species: corroboree Species: macrodactylum

Southern Corroboree Frog
Long-toed Salamander
 Animal Adaptations

Southern Corroboree Frog Long-toed Salamander

Southern Corroboree Frogs will secret alkaloids Long-toed salamanders hibernate in groups of up
when they are threatened. These serve as poisons to fourteen. They store all their proteins during
to deter predators. hibernation in their tails.

Southern Corroboree Frogs store uric acid and When long-toed salamanders are attacked they
use it to reabsorb water. This helps them conserve will secrete a white poisonous liquid that deters
water and let's them live farther away from water. predators.

As a last resort long-toed salamanders will also

drop their tails when being attacked. They can
regrow their tails afterwards.
 Where are these animals found?

Long-toed
Salamander

Southern
Corroboree
Frog
Southern Corroboree Southern Corroboree Frogs are only found

Frog Habitat in Kosciuszko National Park in southeastern

Australia. They breed in peat moss
(sphagnum) bogs, and spend the rest of the
year in high altitude woodlands. They can
also be found in grassland and heathland at
about 1300-1800 feet above sea level.
Long-toed Long-toed Salamanders are found in
Washington, California, Oregon, Idaho,
Salamander Habitat Montana, British Columbia, and Alberta.
They live in temperate rainforests, prairies,
alpine meadows, valley floors, and lake
shorelines. They are typically found in
burrows under logs or leaf litter.
 Threats and Prey
Southern Corroboree Frog Long-toed Salamander
Threats
Threats

Southern corroboree frogs take a long time to

Long-toed salamanders are very sensitive to
mature and lay small clutches so their population is
changes in their environment. Pollution and
decreasing. Chytrid fungus is one of their main
habitat destruction are some of their main
threats because it infects the larvae and adults and
threats. Introduced trout will also eat their eggs
gives them a life-threatening disease. Other threats
and larvae.
to them include climate change, forest fires, feral
animals, and habitat destruction.
Prey
Prey
Long-toed Salamanders mostly eat invertebrates
Southern corroboree frogs eat insect larvae, like slugs, worms, and insects. Their larvae eat
beetles, ants, mites, and other invertebrates. Their zooplankton, frog tadpoles, and even other
larvae eat algae and other organic matter. salamander larvae.
 Fun Facts about...
Southern Corroboree Frog Long-toed Salamander
The southern corroboree frog does not have webbed feet The longest toe on a long-toed salamander in
like other frogs. Because of this they walk more like lizards longer that the sole of the salamander’s foot
than frogs.
Long-toed salamanders reuse burrows from
The male corroboree frog will dig a burrow for the females mammals such as moles and ground squirrels.
to lay their eggs in. They mate with multiple females so
around ten females will usually lay their eggs in a burrow. Long-toed salamanders can create squeaks and
clicks that they use to scare off predators.
The name Corroboree came from a native Australian
gathering where people would paint themselves with Long-toed salamanders are nocturnal.
stripes similar to the frog’s skin.
Long-toed salamanders migrate over land towards
Since 1850, the southern corroboree frog population has their breeding ponds.
decreased by 99%. In 2014, there where only 50
individuals left in the wild.
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