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Spalding’s rocket frog, Litoria spaldingi, resurrected as a species after 53 years
A rocket frog that sounds like a “chicken pushing a lawnmower” has been officially recognised as a separate species to the standard crazy chicken frog.
Key points:
- Spalding’s rocket frog has been reidentified as a species 53 years after it was struck off the list
- Scientists have worked for more than a decade to re-examine frog species using new methods
- Citizen science is essential in helping with field work, experts say
Spalding’s rocket frog (Litoria spaldingi) is found from near the NT-WA border to the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland.
The species was identified by herpetologist William Hosmer in 1964.
Four years later, famed Australian herpetologist Mike Tyler re-examined the case and delisted Spalding’s frog, identifying it as Litoria…
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