Species Limnodynastes fletcheri Boulenger, 1888
Barking Frog, Barking Marsh Frog
- Limnodynastes fletcheri Boulenger, G.A. 1888. Descriptions of two new Australian frogs. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 2: 142-143 [142].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.19.9–10, Guntawang, near Mudgee, NSW. - Limnodynastes marmoratus Lamb, J. 1911. Description of three new batrachians from southern Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 26-28 [28] [junior secondary homonym of Platyplectrum marmorata Günther, 1863].
Type data:
Holotype QM J12597, Goondiwindi, QLD. - Opisthodon lambi Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [3] [nom. nov. for Limnodynastes marmoratus Lamb, 1911].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [18]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Moore, J.A. 1961. The frogs of eastern New South Wales. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 121: 149-386 (natural history)
Tyler, M.J. 1978. Amphibians of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government 84 pp. (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 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |