Species Cyclorana maini Tyler & Martin, 1977
Main's Frog, Sheep Frog, Western Collared Frog
- Cyclorana maini 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 [273, fig. 8].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA R15191, Barrow Creek, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, desert, low open shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Opportunistic breeder, free-living tadpole.
General References
King, M., Tyler, M.J., Davies, M. & King, D. 1979. Karyotypic studies on Cyclorana and associated genera of Australian frogs. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 699-708
Main, A.R. & Storr, G.M. 1966. Range extensions and notes on the biology of frogs from the Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 53-61 (as Cyclorana cultripes)