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<FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="6"><B>Southern Gastric Brooding Frog</B></FONT>
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<FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"><I>Rheoba trachus silus</I></FONT>
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The <A HREF="../glossary.html#amphibian" TARGET="eslist">amphibian</A> can be found only in southeastern Queensland, Australia. There are no known living <A HREF="../glossary.html#population" TARGET="eslist">populations</A>, even though some are found in rain forests streams.
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The color of the Southern gastric brooding frog varies from greenish brown to black, with a yellow undersurface. It is a small amphibian, measuring 2 inches (5cm).
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The Southern Gastric Brooding Frog, also known as the platypus frog, eats <A HREF="../glossary.html#insect" TARGET="eslist">insects</A>.
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The female can breed after two years. A very interesting fact about the reproduction of gastric brooding frog is that the female's stomach changes into a uterus and later ejects froglets through her mouth.
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When the gastric brooding frog was discovered in 1973, it was abundant. The decline began in 1979. There has been no reports in the wild since 1981. The reasons for the species' sudden decline are unknown.
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<U>Bibliography</U>
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<LI>TEN - Treasure Sites <A HREF="http://www.ten.org/tsites/ewt/threatened/rendangered.html" TARGET="esfact">[Threatened Species - Endangered Reptiles & Amphibians]</A></LI>
<LI>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <A HREF="http://www.fws.gov/r9endspp/endspp.html" TARGET="esfact">Division of Endangered Species</A></LI>
<LI><U>Encyclopedia of Endangered Species.</U> Edited by Mary Emanoid in Association with IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Detroit, Washington D.C., London: Gale Research Inc., 1994</LI>
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[<A HREF="../esframe.html#es" TARGET="_top">Endangered Species List</A>]
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