Species Geocrinia victoriana (Boulenger, 1888)
Eastern Smooth Froglet, Victorian Smooth Frog, Victorian Smooth Froglet
- Crinia victoriana Boulenger, G.A. 1888. Descriptions of two new Australian frogs. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 2: 142-143 [142].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.19.66, Warragul, VIC. - Crinia froggatti Fletcher, J.J. 1891. Description of a supposed new cystignathoid frog. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6: 275-276 [275].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.19.67, Buninyong or Gong Gong, near Ballarat, VIC; AM R10326; AM R49776–83; AM R131711 (R131711 cited as a syntype 'found unregistered with other possible Fletcher frog paratypes' by Shea, G. M. & Sadlier, R. A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91); AM R8338.
Generic Combinations
- Geocrinia victoriana (Boulenger, 1888).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, litter, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Winter dormant, seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.
General References
Gartside, D.F., Littlejohn, M.J. & Watson, G.F. 1979. Structure and dynamics of a narrow hybrid zone between Geocrinia laevis and G. victoriana (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in south-eastern Australia. Heredity 43: 165-177
Littlejohn, M.J., Watson, G.F. & Loftus-Hills, J.J. 1971. Contact hybridization in the Crinia laevis complex (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 85-100
Littlejohn, M.J. & Harrison, P.A. 1981. Accoustic communication in Geocrinia victoriana (Anura: Leptodactylidae). 6 in Banks, C.B. & Martin, A.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium, 1980. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria pp. 44-54.
Littlejohn, M.J. & Martin, A.A. 1964. The Crinia laevis complex (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 12: 70-83 (taxonomy)
History of changes
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