Species Crinia georgiana Tschudi, 1838
Tschudi's Froglet
- Crinia georgiana Tschudi, J.J. von 1838. Classification der Batrachier, mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Tiere dieser Abteilung der Reptilien. Neuchâtel : Erück Petitpierre 102 pp. [38, 78].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 759, King George's Sound, WA. - Pterophrynus affinis Günther, A. 1864. Third contribution to our knowledge of batrachians from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 46-49 [47, pl. 7, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.20.2, Western Australia. - Crinia ignata Cope, E.D. 1866. On the structure and distribution of the genera of arciferous Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 6: 67-112 [95].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 10058, West Australia. - Crinia stolata Cope, E.D. 1867. On the families of raniform Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 6: 189-206 [201].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 10061, West Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, lentic freshwater, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.
General References
Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73 (natural history)
History of changes
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