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    Leiopelma is a genus of New Zealand primitive frogs, belonging to the suborder Archaeobatrachia. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Leiopelmatidae...
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    The Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only three extant species belonging to the family Leiopelmatidae...
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    Hochstetter's frog or Hochstetter's New Zealand frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species...
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    Archey's frog (Leiopelma archeyi) is an archaic species of frog endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is one of only three extant species belonging...
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    Markham's frog (Leiopelma markhami) is one of three extinct New Zealand frog species, the others being the Aurora frog (Leiopelma auroraensis) and Waitomo...
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    The Maud Island frog (Leiopelma pakeka) has been recently been synonymised with Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) Leiopelma pakeka was a small terrestrial...
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    through mtDNA comparisons, has been grouped into a clade with the genus "Leiopelma" creating a sister taxon to all modern anurans. The existence of the visible...
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  • Leiopelma auroraensis, known as the Aurora frog, is an extinct species of frog that was found in New Zealand. One subfossil of the Aurora frog has been...
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  • The Waitomo frog (Leiopelma waitomoensis) is an extinct species of the genus Leiopelma from New Zealand. The Waitomo frog's distribution was solely in...
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    genus Leiopelma or are one of the introduced species, of which three are extant. Pepeketua is the eponymized Māori word. Members of the genus Leiopelma exhibit...
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  • Panbiogeographic tracks of the ratite birds, the southern beech Nothofagus, and the New Zealand frog Leiopelma...
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    capacity of the river has been maximised. The native frogs, Leiopelma archeyi and Leiopelma hochstetteri, live near the valley. The Tapu-Coroglen Road...
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    Family Leiopelmatidae – New Zealand primitive frogs, 3 species in genus Leiopelma. Family Ascaphidae – tailed frogs. Two species in genus Ascaphus. Sometimes...
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    to present, 200–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Hochstetter's frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia...
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    trials in New Zealand simulating worst-case scenarios indicate that both Leiopelma archeyi (Archey's frog) and L. hochstetteri (Hochstetter's frog) can absorb...
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    populations have heteromorphic sex chromosomes. The New Zealand frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri, uses a supernumerary sex chromosome. With zero of that chromosome...
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  • subfossils: the Aurora frog (Leiopelma auroraensis), Markham's frog (Leiopelma markhami), and the Waitomo frog (Leiopelma waitomoensis). In the 1990s,...
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  • Leiopelmatidae (Mivart, 1869) 1 New Zealand primitive frogs Hochstetters frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) Mesobatrachia - six families, 21 genera, 168 species Family...
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    Panbiogeographic tracks of the ratite birds, the southern beech Nothofagus, and the New Zealand frog Leiopelma...
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    (2007) 21 Hamilton's frog (previously Maud Island frog) (pepeketua) (Leiopelma hamiltoni) (2006) ~100 spotted skink (Oligosoma kokowai) (2016) 200 New...
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    bird on an island 3.2 km from the mainland, along with Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni), which can be killed by exposure to salt water, may seem puzzling...
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    Another rare species is the Maud Island frog (Leiopelma pakeka), which was split from the Hamilton's frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni) in 1998 and is now seen as its...
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  • extinct species of frog were discovered. It was named the Aurora frog (Leiopelma auroraensis). List of caves in New Zealand Paul W. Williams, "A 230 ka...
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    higher areas around Papakai weren't logged. The native frogs, Leiopelma archeyi and Leiopelma hochstetteri, live near the valley. Gentle Annie mine produced...
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    (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) Kākā (Nestor meridionalis) Hochstetter's frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri) Copper skink (Cyclodina aenea) Forest gecko (Hoplodactylus...
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    Turkey < 1,000 urbanisation over-grazing conifer planting road widening Leiopelma archeyi Archey's frog Amphibian Coromandel peninsula and Whareorino Forest...
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    for her thesis titled "Water relations of the endemic New Zealand frogs Leiopelma archeyi, L. Hamiltoni and L. Hochstetteri". Prior to this she had attained...
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    in von Hochstetter's honour. New Zealand's endemic Hochstetter's frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri, is named after Ferdinand. Several other species bear his...
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  • 1987). "Palaeoecological information concerning members of the frog genus Leiopelma: Leiopelmatidae in New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand...
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    1987). "Palaeoecological information concerning members of the frog genus Leiopelma: Leiopelmatidae in New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand...
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