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Long-snouted frog

species of amphibian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ1042693 ↗
Source-derived summary

The long-snouted frog (Mahonabatrachus longirostris) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to Australia. The frog is also known as the long-nosed tree frog, scrub rocket frog, and sharp-snouted frog.

Habitat

Its natural habitats in Australia are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Reproduction

The long-snouted frog attaches its eggs to tree trunks, rocks, or under leaves out of water.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1042693. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Long-snouted frog” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.