Arenophryne xiphorhyncha, the southern sandhill frog, is a fossorial anuran found in a limited range of far western Australia. The only congener to A. xiphorhynca is the northern sandhill frog, Arenophryne rotunda, which was considered the sole species within the genus Arenophryne until this species was discovered about 100 kilometres from Geraldton, Western Australia, in Kalbarri National Park.[1][2]
| Arenophryne xiphorhyncha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Myobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Arenophryne |
| Species: | A. xiphorhyncha
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| Binomial name | |
| Arenophryne xiphorhyncha Doughty and Edwards, 2008
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References
edit- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Arenophryne xiphorhyncha Doughty and Edwards, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Arenophryne rotunda". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2017.