Species Cyclorana alboguttata (Günther, 1867)
Cyclorana alboguttata, Townsville, Qld
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Cyclorana alboguttata, Townsville, Qld
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Species Cyclorana alboguttata (Günther, 1867)
Green-striped Frog, Striped Burrowing Frog
- Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20(8): 45-68 [54].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.18.50–51, Bowen (as Port Denison) and Cape York, QLD; BMNH 1947.2.20.6–7, Bowen (as Port Denison) and Cape York, QLD. - Chiroleptes albopunctatus Fletcher, J.J. 1894. Contributions to a more exact knowledge of the geographical distribution of Australian Batrachia. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 524-533 [525] [error for Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther, 1894].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [38]
Generic Combinations
- Cyclorana alboguttata (Günther, 1867). —
Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 - Litoria alboguttata (Günther, 1867). —
Tyler, M.J. 1974. The systematic position and geographic distribution of the Australian frog Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 85: 27-32
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Low open woodland, low woodland, noctidiurnal, open scrub, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Free-living tadpole, anuriphagous.
General References
Boontheung, P., Gao, Ch.-W.. Brinkworth, C.S., Bowie, J.H. & Tyler, M.J. 2006. Is the Australian Striped Burrowing Frog Litoria alboguttata a member of Litoria or Cyclorana? A profiling study using skin peptides as a probe. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 130(1): 1-9 ("peptide profiling indicates that Litoria alboguttata is more closely related to the genus Cyclorana than Litoria")
Dawson, A.B. 1951. Functional and degenerate or rudimentary glomeruli in the kidney of two species of Australian frog, Cyclorana (Chiroleptes) platycephalus and alboguttatus (Günther). Anatomical Records 109: 417-430 (as Cyclorana alboguttatus)
Meyer, E., Jamieson, B.G.M. & Scheltinga, D.M. 1997. Sperm ultrastructure of six Australian hylid frogs from two genera (Litoria and Cyclorana): Phylogenetic implications. Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 29(4): 443-451 (taxonomy)
Moore, J.A. 1961. The frogs of eastern New South Wales. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 121: 149-386 (taxonomy, natural history)
Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 (taxonomy)
Tyler, M.J. 1974. The systematic position and geographic distribution of the Australian frog Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 85: 27-32