Black Mountain boulder frog
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The Black Mountain boulder frog (Cophixalus saxatilis), also known as the rock haunting frog or the Black Mountain rainforest frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.
It is endemic to Australia, and its populations are now restricted to the Kalkajaka National Park, Australia.[1]
Its original habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rocky areas, and caves, now severely reduced to the "Black Mountains" Template:Cvt south-west of Cooktown, Queensland.[1]
Description
The Queensland Environmental Protection Agency has described and summarized some of the distinctive features of this frog as follows:[1]
