Leiopelma auroraensis, known as the Aurora frog, is an
extinct species of
frog that was found in
New Zealand.[1] One
subfossil of the Aurora frog has been discovered in the
Aurora Cave,
Fiordland, New Zealand. It measured about 60 mm from the snout to the vent. It is named after the Aurora Cave for where it was found.[3] The other extinct
New Zealand frogs are
Markham's frog and
Waitomo frog.[4][5] Aurora frog probably was a local form that had evolved from the more widely distributed Markham's frog.[4]
^Worthy, Trevor H. (1987). "Osteology of Leiopelma (Amphibia: Leiopelmatidae) and descriptions of three new subfossil Leiopelma species". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 17 (3): 201–251.
doi:
10.1080/03036758.1987.10418160.