Species Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863
Eastern Banjo Frog
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; Tas, Vic: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH)
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, arthropod-feeder, burrower, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, oviparous, predator, swamp, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Breeds in lentic and lotic freshwater, seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.
General References
Crook, G.A. & Tyler, M.J. 1981. Structure and function of the tibial gland of the Australian frog Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105: 49-52
Littlejohn, M.J. & Martin, A.A. 1974. The Amphibia of Tasmania. pp. 251-289 in Williams, W.D. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology in Tasmania. The Hague : Junk 498 pp.
Martin, A.A. 1972. Studies in Australian Amphibia. III. The Limnodynastes dorsalis complex (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 165-211 (taxonomy)
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, as L. dorsalis)
Tyler, M.J. 1978. Amphibians of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government 84 pp. (natural history)
History of changes
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