Species Limnodynastes interioris Fry, 1913
Giant Banjo Frog
- Limnodynastes dorsalis interioris Fry, D.B. 1913. On a Varanus and a frog from Burnett River, Queensland, and a revision of the variations in Limnodynastes dorsalis Gray. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 17-34 [33, pl. 3 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM R5869 (incorrectly cited as AM R9615 by Martin, A.A. 1972. Studies in Australian Amphibia. III. The Limnodynastes dorsalis complex (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 165–211), Merool Creek, Riverina, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
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 (natural history)
History of changes
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