Giant burrowing frog

(Heleioporus australiacus)

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Description

Heleioporus australiacus is a herbaceous species described first by Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder 1795.Heleioporus australiacus is part of the genus Heleioporus and the family Limnodynastidae.IUCN categorizes the species globally as vulnerable.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Limnodynastidae
Genus:Heleioporus
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