Species Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867
Broad-palmed Frog, Gunther's Frog
- Litoria latopalmata Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20(8): 45-68 [55].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.24.27–28, Bowen (as Port Denison), QLD. - Hyla palmata Slevin, J.R. 1955. Notes on Australian amphibians. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 28: 355-392 28 figs [383] [lapsus for Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, predator, swamp, tall forest, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole, breeds in swamps.
General References
Copland, S.J. 1957. Presidential address. Australian tree frogs of the genus Hyla. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 9-108 (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)
Tyler, M.J. 1968. A taxonomic study of hylid frogs of the Hyla lesueuri complex occurring in north-western Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 711-727 (taxonomy)
Tyler, M.J. 1969. A synopsis of the frogs of the genus Hyla of northwestern Australia, with the description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 16: 1-11 (taxonomy)
History of changes
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| 04-Feb-2023 | AMPHIBIA | 08-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 09-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 31-Jan-2017 | 13-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |