Tapping Nursery Frog
The Tapping Nursery Frog (Cophixalus infacetus) is a very small, ground-dwelling frogendemic to north-eastern Australia. It belongs to the family Microhylidae and the genus Cophixalus, a groupcommonly known as nursery frogs because many species complete development on land rather than in open wa...
Southern Ornate Nursery Frog
The Southern Ornate Nursery Frog is a tiny, beautifully patterned rainforest frog from eastern Australia.It belongs to a group of “nursery frogs” in which many species have largely terrestrial breeding and direct development,meaning the young can hatch as miniature frogs rather than free-swimm...
Rattling Nursery Frog
The Rattling Nursery Frog (Cophixalus crepitans) is a tiny ground-dwelling frogin the family Microhylidae, endemic to the rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.It is one of the so-called nursery frogs, named for their terrestrial eggs and direct-developing young,and the common nam...
Rain Whistling Frog
The Rain Whistling Frog (Austrochaperina pluvialis) is a tiny ground-dwelling frogendemic to the Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. It belongs to the family Microhylidae andis best known for the clear, whistling call given by males on warm, wet nights, when the rainforest...
Fry’s Frog
Fry’s Frog (Austrochaperina fryi), sometimes written as Fry Frog, is a small,ground-dwelling frog in the family Microhylidae. It is associated with moist forest floors in New Guineaand nearby high-rainfall regions, where it lives hidden among leaf litter and soil.Taxonomy & NamesEnglish nam...
Buzzing Nursery Frog
The Buzzing Nursery Frog is a tiny ground-dwelling frog from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.Its scientific name is Cophixalus bombiens, and it belongs to the family Microhylidae, thenarrow-mouthed frogs. The common name refers both to the male’s distinctive buzzing call and to the unusual...
Leptobotia elongata
Leptobotia elongata (scientific name: Leptobotia elongata) is a fish of the genus Leptobotia in the family Cobitidae of the order Cypriniformes. It is a giant among loaches and one of the largest loaches in the world.The long thin loach is a warm-water bottom fish that likes to live in the middle an...
Leptobotia flavolineata
The yellow-lined loach (scientific name: Leptobotia flavolineata) is a species of the genus Leptobotia, family Cypriniformes, class Actinopterygii, and is endemic to China.The yellow-lined loach looks very similar to the garfish, but the larger ones are much larger than the garfish. People in...
Leptobotia rubrilabris
Red-lipped loach, Leptobotia rubrilabris (Dabry de Thiersant, 1872), belongs to the Cypriniformes, Cobitidae, and the genus Leptobotia. It is a fish endemic to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.The red-lipped loach is larger, second only to the long loach. It has edible value. The population is...