Species Arenophryne rotunda Tyler, 1976
Northern Sandhill Frog
- Arenophryne rotunda Tyler, M.J. 1976. A new genus and two new species of leptodactylid frogs from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 45-52 [46, fig.1].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R39120, approx. 100 m from False Entrance Well Tank, Carrarang Station, 320 km NNW of Geraldton, WA. - Arenophryne robusta Tyler, M.J. 1976. A new genus and two new species of leptodactylid frogs from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 45-52 [49] [unjustified emendation, lapsus for Arenophryne rotunda Tyler, 1976].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [13]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, cryptozoic, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, soil dweller, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Walking.
General References
Anstis, M., Roberts, J.D. & Altig, R. 2007. Direct development in two Myobatrachid Frogs, Arenophryne rotunda Tyler and Myobatrachus gouldii Gray, from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 259-272
Tyler, M.J., Roberts, J.D. & Davies, M. 1980. Field observations on Arenophryne rotunda Tyler, a leptodactylid frog of coastal sandhills. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 295-304 (natural history)
History of changes
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