Geocrinia leai

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Lea's Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Geocrinia
Species: G. leai
Binomial name
Geocrinia leai
(Fletcher, 1898)

Geocrinia leai, is a frog which is sometimes given the euphemism, Lea's Frog; which is of course derived from its name. It is a species in the taxonomic family, Myobatrachidae and is endemic to southwest Australia. As with the other species in the genera, Geocrinia, it is restricted to a the high rainfall region at the south west of Western Australia; the very same Walpole/Nornalup district occupied by cogenor Geocrinia lutea. Ecology is similar to that of Geocrinia rosea, part of the so called 'roseate complex'.

[edit] References

Roberts, D. & Hero, J.-M. (2004). Geocrinia leai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.

  • Cogger, Harold G [1979] (1983). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Rev., Reed, p. 44. ISBN 0 589 50356. 
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