Species Austrochaperina adelphe (Zweifel, 1985)
Northern Territory Frog
- 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
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