• Austrochaperina [part] Fry, D.B. 1912. Description of Austrochaperina, a new genus of Engystomatidae from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 87-106 [87].

  Type species:

   Austrochaperina robusta Fry, 1912 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [52] (as Austrochaperina (part.) Fry, 1912, junior synonym of Sphenophryne Peters & Doria, 1878)

Hoskin, C.J. 2004. Australian microhylid frogs (Cophixalus and Austrochaperina): phylogeny, taxonomy, calls, distributions and breeding biology. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 237-269 (review, phylogenetic analyses)

Zweifel, R.G. 2000. Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 253: 1-130

History of changes

• Sphenophryne adelphe Zweifel, R.G. 1985. Australian frogs of the family Microhylidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182(3): 265-388 [280].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA R17344, Back Jungle, Croker Island, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Austrochaperina adelphe (Zweifel, 1985).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed scrub, cryptozoic, litter, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, swamp.

General References

Anstis, M., FRED Parker, F., Hawkes, T., Morris, I. & Richards, S.J 2011. Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3052: 1–50

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles. Fauna Survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildlf. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (previously misidentified as Sphenophryne robusta)

History of changes

• Sphenophryne fryi Zweifel, R.G. 1962. A systematic review of the microhylid frogs of Australia. American Museum Novitates 2113: 1-40 [26] [nom. nov. for Austrochaperina brevipes Fry, 1915].
• Austrochaperina brevipes Fry, D.B. 1915. Herpetological notes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 27: 60-95 [61] [junior homonym of Liophryne brevipes Boulenger, 1892, =Sphenophryne brevipes].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R2285, Bloomfield River, near Cooktown, QLD.
• Austrochaperina robusta Fry, D.B. 1912. Description of Austrochaperina, a new genus of Engystomatidae from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 87-106 [91 pl. 8 fig. 2] [in part; paratype AM R2285 assigned to Var. B, from Bloomfield River near Cooktown].
• Sphenophryne robustsa Parker, H.W. 1934. A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae. London : British Museum viii 208 pp. [157] [invalid emendation; lapsus for Sphenophryne robusta Fry, 1912].

Generic Combinations

• Austrochaperina fryi (Zweifel, 1962).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, cryptozoic, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Direct development.

General References

Anstis, M., FRED Parker, F., Hawkes, T., Morris, I. & Richards, S.J 2011. Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3052: 1–50

Czechura, G.V. 1978. An apparent case of altitudinal displacement between two frogs of the genus Sphenophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) in north-east Queensland. North Queensland Naturalist 44: 4-6 (as Sphenophryne robusta)

Parker, H.W. 1934. A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae. London : British Museum viii 208 pp. (as Sphenophryne robusta)

Zweifel, R.G. 1962. A systematic review of the microhylid frogs of Australia. American Museum Novitates 2113: 1-40 (taxonomy; as Sphenophryne robusta)

Zweifel, R.G. 2000. Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 253: 1-130 (as Sphenophryne robusta)

History of changes

• Austrochaperina gracilipes Fry, D.B. 1912. Description of Austrochaperina, a new genus of Engystomatidae from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 87-106 [93].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R4536, Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extra-limital in southern New Guinea

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, tall open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Direct development.

General References

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. [54] (considered a junior synonym of Sphenophryne robusta (Fry, 1912))

Zweifel, R.G. 1985. Australian frogs of the family Microhylidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182(3): 265-388 (reinstated as valid species)

History of changes

• Sphenophryne pluvialis Zweifel, R.G. 1965. Revisionary notes on Australian microhylid frogs of the genus Sphenophryne. American Museum Novitates 2214: 1-9 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 54195, Speewah, elevation 1500 ft, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Austrochaperina pluvialis (Zweifel, 1965).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, cryptozoic, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Direct development.

General References

Anstis, M., FRED Parker, F., Hawkes, T., Morris, I. & Richards, S.J 2011. Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3052: 1–50

Czechura, G.V. 1978. An apparent case of altitudinal displacement between two frogs of the genus Sphenophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) in north-east Queensland. North Queensland Naturalist 44: 4-6

Zweifel, R.G. 1985. Australian frogs of the family Microhylidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182(3): 265-388

History of changes

• Austrochaperina robusta Fry, D.B. 1912. Description of Austrochaperina, a new genus of Engystomatidae from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 87-106 [89] [in part].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R5295 (holotype assigned to Var. A), Russell River, NE QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM R2285 (paratype assigned to Var. B, but is referrable to Austrochaperina fryi (Zweifel, 1962)), Bloomfield River, near Cooktown, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Sphenophryne robusta (Fry, 1912).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also southern New Guinea.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, cryptozoic, nocturnal, open forest, predator, riparian, swamp, tall forest, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Direct development.

General References

Anstis, M., FRED Parker, F., Hawkes, T., Morris, I. & Richards, S.J 2011. Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3052: 1–50

Zweifel, R.G. 1962. A systematic review of the microhylid frogs of Australia. American Museum Novitates 2113: 1-40 (taxonomy; as Sphenophryne robusta)

Zweifel, R.G. 1965. Revisionary notes on Australian microhylid frogs of the genus Sphenophryne. American Museum Novitates 2214: 1-9 (taxonomy; as Sphenophryne robusta)

Zweifel, R.G. 1985. Australian frogs of the family Microhylidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182(3): 265-388 (as Sphenophryne robusta)

History of changes