Cape river frog [SEP] IUCN conservation status
times as long as the body, and with the tip tapering to a point. The body is oval.
Status.
The Cape river frog, though locally threatened by habitat loss, for example because of dam building, is currently regarded as "least concern" because it occurs plentifully over wide areas, including in local isolated populations, and is not a specialist feeder. It also survives in altered habitats such as suitable pastureland and agricultural land
to look for various species of frogs thought to be extinct in the wild, including the gastric-brooding frog.
Conservation status.
Both species are listed as "Extinct" under both the IUCN Red List and under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; however, they are still listed as "Endangered" under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Conservation status De-extinction attempt.
Scientists are making progress in their efforts to bring the gastric-brooding frog species back to life using somatic-