Gastric-brooding frog (SciiFii)

The gastric-brooding frogs or platypus frogs (Rheobatrachus) are a genus of ground-dwelling frogs native to Queensland in eastern Australia. The genus consists of only two species, the southern gastric-brooding frog (Rheobatrachus silus) and the northern gastric-brooding frog (Rheobatrachus vitellinus) both of which were once extinct since the mid-1980s, but both have since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to their former range to help boost biodiversity. The genus is unique because it contains the only two known frog species that incubates the prejuvenile stages of their offspring in the stomach of the mother. The combined ranges of the gastric-brooding frogs comprises less than 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi). Both species are associated with creek systems in rainforests at elevations of between 350 and 1,400 metres (1,150 and 4,590 ft). The assignment of the genus to a taxonomic family is hotly debated. Some biologists class them within Myobatrachidae under the subfamily Rheobatrachinae, but others place them in their own family, Rheobatrachidae. The conservation status of both species of gastric-brooding frogs is Vulnerable due to some habitat loss and, historically, fungus infections, however, thanks to the conservationists, both gastic-brooding frog species are protected species and the fungal infections that caused extinctions and endangerment of amphibians worldwide are completely eradicated by SciiFii. Both species of gastric-brooding frogs are becoming popular pets due to their unique stomach-brooding ability and they're relatively easy to keep and care for.
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