Species Limnodynastes peronii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Brown-striped Frog, Striped Marsh Frog
- Cystignathus peronii Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1841. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 8 ii 792 pp. [409].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 4499 2 specimens, Australia?; MNHP 4500 (erroneously cited as holotype by Guibé, J. 1950. Catalogue des types d'Amphibiens du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Imprimerie Nationale 71 pp.), Australia?. - Limnodynastes krefftii Günther, A. 1863. On new species of batrachians from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 26-28 [26].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.18.71 ♂ adult, Sydney, NSW; BMNH 1947.2.18.72–74 young, Sydney, NSW; BMNH 1947.2.18.75 ♀ adult, Sydney, NSW. - Limnodynastes kreftii Steindachner, F. 1867. Amphibien. pp. 1–70 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(4). Vienna : State Printer. [1869 on title page] [26] [unjustified emendation, lapsus for Limnodynastes krefftii Günther, 1863].
- Limnodynastes lineatus De Vis, C.W. 1884. On some new batrachians from Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 65-68 [1885 on title page] [65].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.18.76–77, Mackay, QLD.
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. [19]
Generic Combinations
- Limnodynastes peronii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841).
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), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, lentic freshwater, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, swamp, tall forest, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps and lentic freshwater, free-living tadpole.
General References
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.
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)
Tyler, M.J. 1978. Amphibians of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government 84 pp. (natural history)
History of changes
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