Northern Territory Frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Genus: | Austrochaperina |
Species: | A. adelphe |
Binomial name | |
Austrochaperina adelphe (Zweifel, 1985) |
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Synonyms | |
Sphenophryne adelphe Zweifel, 1985 |
The Northern Territory Frog (Austrochaperina adelphe) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps, moist savanna, intermittent rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and canals and ditches.