Species Austrochaperina fryi (Zweifel, 1962)
Fry's Whistling Frog, Peeping Whistling Frog
- 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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | AMPHIBIA | 19-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 16-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |