Species Philoria sphagnicolus (Moore, 1958)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kyarranus sphagnicolus Moore, J.A. 1958. A new genus and species of leptodactylid frog from Australia. American Museum Novitates 1919: 1-7 [4, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R16005 (ex AMNH 60697), Point Lookout, near Ebor, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Philoria sphagnicola (Moore, 1958). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [24]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: New England Tablelands (NET)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, cryptozoic, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, direct development.

 

General References

Anstis, M. 1981. Breeding biology and range extension for the New South Wales frog Kyarranus sphagnicolus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Australian Journal of Herpetology 1: 1-9

Knowles, R., Mahony, M., Armstrong, J. & Donnellan, S. 2004. Systematics of sphagnum frogs of the genus Philoria (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in eastern Australia, with the description of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 57-74 (molecular analysis, key, redescription)

Moore, J.A. 1961. The frogs of eastern New South Wales. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 121: 149-386 (taxonomy, natural history)

Wotherspoon, D. 1981. Note on the range of the sphagnum frog, Philoria sphagnicolus. Herpetofauna 12: 36

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AMPHIBIA	19-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017	ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813	10-Feb-2021	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED