Species Austrochaperina pluvialis (Zweifel, 1965)
Rain Whistling Frog, White-browed Whistle Frog
- 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
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