Hamilton's Frog

Hamilton's frog

Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Leiopelmatidae
Genus:	Leiopelma
Species:	L. hamiltoni
Binomial name
*Leiopelma hamiltoni* McCulloch, 1919

Range of Leiopelma hamiltoni.

Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is named after Harold Hamilton.^[2] The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.^[3]

References

^ Tocher et al. (2004). Leiopelma hamiltoni. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is endangered, and the criteria used.
^ "Leiopelma hamiltoni: Hamilton's Frog". AmphibiaWeb. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Leiopelma&where-species=hamiltoni. Retrieved 13 June 2006.
^ "Leiopelma hamiltoni McCulloch, 1919; holotype". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=559574. Retrieved 17 July 2010.