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- Archey's_frog abstract "Archey's frog, Leiopelma archeyi, is an archaic, rare frog that is native to New Zealand, one of only three (or four) extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is named after Sir Gilbert Archey (1890–1974), the former Director of the Auckland Institute. It is found only in the Coromandel Peninsula and near Te Kuiti in the North Island of New Zealand. This species, along with others in the family, have changed little over the past 200 million years, and thus represent "living fossils".The species is fully terrestrial, living and reproducing under damp vegetation in native forests. Currently its distribution is confined to higher elevations at just two localities although just 15 years ago the species was abundant in a much wider distribution, down to sea level. Little is known about the natural history of this species. Although the species is sexually monomorphic, males are believed to be the primary care providers, and may prepare "nests" that they guard for the eggs, secreting antimicrobial peptides onto them, to ensure successful embryonic development. Clutch sizes vary between 4 and 15 eggs. Reproduction is fully terrestrial; tadpoles develop within gelatinous egg capsules, and upon hatching, tailed froglets crawl onto the male's back and are carried around for several weeks where they complete metamorphosis. Adult frogs do not give advertisement vocalisations, but may communicate by chemical signalling. However, frogs sometimes give startle calls when threatened by a predator. An intensively monitored population in one Cormandel site declined by 88% from 1996 to 2001 but in many areas where frogs previously were common, none remain. Because populations are rapidly declining, and reproduction is infrequent, the species is at significant risk of imminent extinction.As first shown by Bruce Waldman, the species appears to have an intrinsic low level of susceptibility to chytridiomycosis. However, frogs in the field show clinical signs, including blisters, that may be associated with other diseases.A captive breeding programme was established at the University of Canterbury in 2002 to safeguard the species from disease, and frogs successfully bred. The programme was transferred to Auckland Zoo in 2005, where over half of the frogs, including juveniles bred at the Canterbury facility, died. Some of the remaining frogs produced offspring in December 2012, of which seven still survived as of February, 2013. After 8 years of failed attempts to get the frogs to breed at Auckland Zoo, zookeepers claimed "a massive and internationally important victory". Based on an Auckland Zoo press release that promoted their new public display of adult Archey's frogs, the Auckland Zoo breeding was widely but inaccurately reported as representing the first time the frogs had successfully reproduced in captivity. Auckland Zoo, Otago University, and James Cook University researchers attribute the mortality and reproductive failures at Auckland Zoo in part to metabolic bone disease, which they determined had not been a problem in the Canterbury facility.The species is categorised as Nationally Critical in the New Zealand Threat Classification System and as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.".
- Archey's_frog binomialAuthority Evan_Graham_Turbott.
- Archey's_frog class Amphibian.
- Archey's_frog conservationStatus "CR".
- Archey's_frog conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Archey's_frog family Leiopelmatidae.
- Archey's_frog genus Leiopelmatidae.
- Archey's_frog kingdom Animal.
- Archey's_frog order Frog.
- Archey's_frog phylum Chordate.
- Archey's_frog thumbnail Leiopelma_archeyi.jpg?width=300.
- Archey's_frog wikiPageID "5285777".
- Archey's_frog wikiPageRevisionID "598771571".
- Archey's_frog binomial "Leiopelma archeyi".
- Archey's_frog binomialAuthority "Turbott, 1942".
- Archey's_frog classis Amphibian.
- Archey's_frog familia Leiopelmatidae.
- Archey's_frog genus "Leiopelma".
- Archey's_frog hasPhotoCollection Archey's_frog.
- Archey's_frog name "Archey's frog".
- Archey's_frog ordo Frog.
- Archey's_frog phylum Chordate.
- Archey's_frog rangeMap "Leiopelma archeyi range.PNG".
- Archey's_frog rangeMapCaption "Distribution of Archey's Frog".
- Archey's_frog rangeMapWidth "201".
- Archey's_frog regnum "Animalia".
- Archey's_frog species "L. archeyi".
- Archey's_frog status "CR".
- Archey's_frog statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Archey's_frog trend "down".
- Archey's_frog subject Category:Frogs_of_New_Zealand.
- Archey's_frog subject Category:Leiopelmatidae.
- Archey's_frog type Amphibian.
- Archey's_frog type Animal.
- Archey's_frog type Eukaryote.
- Archey's_frog type Species.
- Archey's_frog type Organism.
- Archey's_frog comment "Archey's frog, Leiopelma archeyi, is an archaic, rare frog that is native to New Zealand, one of only three (or four) extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. It is named after Sir Gilbert Archey (1890–1974), the former Director of the Auckland Institute. It is found only in the Coromandel Peninsula and near Te Kuiti in the North Island of New Zealand.".
- Archey's_frog label "Archey's frog".
- Archey's_frog label "Leiopelma archeyi".
- Archey's_frog label "Leiopelma archeyi".
- Archey's_frog label "Leiopelma archeyi".
- Archey's_frog label "Лейопельма Арчи".
- Archey's_frog sameAs Leiopelma_archeyi.
- Archey's_frog sameAs Leiopelma_archeyi.
- Archey's_frog sameAs Leiopelma_archeyi.
- Archey's_frog sameAs Leiopelma_archeyi.
- Archey's_frog sameAs m.0dcmg8.
- Archey's_frog sameAs Q2274157.
- Archey's_frog sameAs Q2274157.
- Archey's_frog wasDerivedFrom Archey's_frog?oldid=598771571.
- Archey's_frog depiction Leiopelma_archeyi.jpg.
- Archey's_frog isPrimaryTopicOf Archey's_frog.
- Archey's_frog name "Archey's frog".
