Rheobatrachus silus
| Rheobatrachus silus | |
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| A specimen of a southern gastric-brooding frog | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Myobatrachidae |
| Genus: | †Rheobatrachus |
| Species: | †R. silus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rheobatrachus silus (Liem, 1973)
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| Distribution of the southern gastric-brooding frog (green) | |
Rheobatrachus silus, commonly called southern gastric-brooding frog, is an extinct species of gastric-brooding frog native to Australia. The last captive specimen died in 1983 and was declared extinct in 2006.