Subspecies Litoria raniformis major (Copland, 1957)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyla aurea major Copland, S.J. 1957. Presidential address. Australian tree frogs of the genus Hyla. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 9-108.

  Type data:

   Neotype TMAG C290 Adult female, Lauderdale, Tasmania [42.91° S, 147.49° E]
  Comment: Holotype was deposited in the Queen Victoria Museum (QVM 1939.120 Collins Gap, TAS), Launceston, TAS, but the specimen was confirmed to be lost.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Vörös, J., Wassens, S., Price, L., Hunter, D., Myers, S., Armstrong, K., Mahony, M.J. & Donnellan, S. 2023. Molecular systematic analysis demonstrates that the threatened southern bell frog, Litoria raniformis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) of eastern Australia, comprises two sub-species. Zootaxa 5228(1): 001–043.

Generic Combinations

• Litoria raniformis major (Copland, 1957). —
  Vörös, J., Wassens, S., Price, L., Hunter, D., Myers, S., Armstrong, K., Mahony, M.J. & Donnellan, S. 2023. Molecular systematic analysis demonstrates that the threatened southern bell frog, Litoria raniformis (Anura: Pelodryadidae) of eastern Australia, comprises two sub-species. Zootaxa 5228(1): 001–043 (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Low open woodland, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, swamp, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.

History of changes