Species Cyclorana cultripes Parker, 1940
Knife-footed Frog
- Cyclorana cultripes Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [22].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.18.45, Alexandria, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, desert, low open shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland.
Extra Ecological Information
Opportunistic breeder, free-living tadpole.
General References
Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73
Tyler, M.J. & Martin, A.A. 1977. Taxonomic studies of some Australian leptodactylid frogs of the genus Cyclorana Steindachner. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17: 261-276
History of changes
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| 04-Feb-2023 | AMPHIBIA | 08-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 03-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 13-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
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