Species Crinia pseudinsignifera Main, 1957
Bleating Froglet, False Western Froglet
- Crinia pseudinsignifera Main, A.R. 1957. Studies in Australian Amphibia. 1. The genus Crinia Tschudi in south western Australia and some species from south eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 5: 30-55 [52].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R36153, Yorkrakine Rock, 15 mi[les] N of Tammin, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Ranidella pseudinsignifera (Main, 1957).
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
Arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Breeds in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Blackwell, J.M. & Bull, C.M. 1978. A narrow hybrid zone between two Western Australian frog species Ranidella insignifera and R. pseudinsignifera: the extent of introgression. Heredity 40: 13-25
Bull, C.M. 1979. A narrow hybrid zone between two Western Australian frog species. Ranidella insignifera and R. pseudinsignifera: the fitness of hybrids. Heredity 42: 381-389
Littlejohn, M.J. 1959. Call differentiation in a complex of seven species of Crinia (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Evolution 13: 452-468
Littlejohn, M.J. 1961. Age and origin of some southwestern Australian species of Crinia (Anura: Leptodactylidae). pp. 514-536 in Blair, W.F. (ed.). Vertebrate Speciation. Austin : Univ. of Texas Press. (biogeography)
Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73 (natural history)
Main, A.R. 1965. The inheritance of dorsal pattern in Crinia species (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48: 60-64 (genetics)
History of changes
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