Corroboree frog

Corroboree frogs (/kəˈrɒbəri/ kuh-ROB-uh-ree) comprise two species of frog native to the Southern Tablelands of Australia. Both species are small, poisonous ground-dwelling frogs. The two species are the southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) and the northern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi). They are unique among frogs in that they produce their own poison rather than obtain it from their food source as is the case in every other poisonous frog species.

Corroboree frog
Southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Subfamily: Myobatrachinae
Genus: Pseudophryne
Fitzinger, 1843
Distribution of P. corroboree in blue, P. pengilleyi in red, in New South Wales
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