Species Neobatrachus wilsmorei (Parker, 1940)
Goldfields Bull Frog, Plonking Frog
- Heleioporus wilsmorei Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [36].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.18.68, Wiraga, N of Yalgoo, Murchison, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Neobatrachus wilsmorei (Parker, 1940).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, low shrubland, low woodland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, predator, swamp, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Breeds in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73 (natural history)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | AMPHIBIA | 19-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 03-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 16-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |