Distribution map
Distribution Map of Taudactylus pleione
Copyright © Hal Cogger
Status
IUCN Classification:
Critically Endangered
(International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Bioregion occurrence:
(this is not a distribution map)
State occurrence:
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Taudactylus pleione
Family: Myobatrachidae
Common names: Kroombit Tinkerfrog; Pleione's Torrent Frog
Description: This frog is grey on its back with darker grey blotches. There is a broad dark bar between the eyes and an X-shaped patch between the shoulders. There is also a dark blotch on the lower back above each hind leg. A black streak runs from the snout, through the eye and nearly to the base of the arm. The arms and legs have black cross-bars. The belly is smooth with cream and dark grey mottling. The toes are not webbed and the skin on the back is smooth.
Size: 25 mm
Habitat: This frog is only known from Kroombit Creek in Queensland. It lives in the rocks and leaf litter beside small flowing streams or seepages.
Call: A series of rapidly repeated "tinks".Call available in 
Windows Media or 
Quicktime audio. Recording Copyright © David Stewart.
Breeding: Starts with the first heavy falls of rain during spring and summer. The males call from rock crevices or under leaf litter.
Similar species: This frog cannot be confused with any other species because of its distribution.
Conservation Information
Suspected threatening processes
- Inappropriate fire regimes
Population size: An estimate of the total number of adults present in the species entire range is 1000-5000 individuals, or population size is unknown but suspected to be small. Some factors affecting population size and distribution are known, but 1 or more major factors are unknown.
Population trend in Australia over the past 50 years: Trend unknown but population size suspected to be decreasing.
Knowledge of population trend in Australia: Nation-wide monitoring with statistical sensitivity, or nearly complete census.
Population concentration: Majority concentrates at 6-25 locations. (e.g. the number of sites in which individuals group together either seasonally, such as breeding sites, or they may occupy discrete habitat patches within the broader landscape, such as discrete water bodies or drainage units.)
Ongoing management activities in Australia: Management mostly related to enforcement of conservation laws.
Reproductive potential for recovery: The average number of eggs deposited per adult female per year is 51-200 eggs/female/year. Minimum age at which females are known or suspected to first reproduce is <2 years.
Range size in Australia: The size of the geographic area over which the taxon is distributed: < 100 km².
Distribution trend: Area occupied is stable or has increased. (This is an estimate of change in the portion of the total range that is occupied or utilised; it may not equal the change in total range.)
Knowledge of distribution in Australia: Broad range limits or habitat associations are known, but local occurrence cannot be predicted accurately.
References
Barker, J., G.C. Grigg and M.J. Tyler. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton.
Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. Reed Books: Sydney.