Leiopelma

Two primitive species of frog are endemic to this ecoregion, Hochstetter's frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) and Archey's frog (L. archeyi), which both utilize moist forest litter.

Northland temperate kauri forests 2008

Stephens Island (Takapourewa) and Maud Island, for example, are the only places where the endemic Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) can be found.

Richmond temperate forests 2008

All four species are threatened, among them Archey's frog (Leiopelma archeyi, CR), which occurs on North Island in the Whareorino range in the west and Coromandel ranges in east, and has been severely affected by chytrid fungus.

Biological diversity in New Zealand 2008

The plan to open 7,000 hectares of protected areas to mining would have threatened a number of rare and endemic species, including two frogs that are prehistoric relics virtually unchanged from amphibian fossils 150 million years old: Archey's frog (Leiopelma archeyi) and Hochstetter's frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri).

Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed 2010

C-value = 4.26 pg DNA, 2n=46 3. Hochstetter’s frog Leiopelma hochstetteri

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