Species Litoria microbelos (Cogger, 1966)

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• Hyla dorsalis microbelos Cogger, H.G. 1966. A new hylid frog from Australia. The Australian Zoologist 13: 220-227 [223, fig. 1 pl. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R25836, Cairns, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Litoria microbelos (Cogger, 1966).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, low open woodland, mangrove, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Free-living tadpole.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles. Fauna Survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildlf. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (taxonomy)

Tyler, M.J. 1968. Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Hyla. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 96: 1-203 (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	AMPHIBIA	08-Dec-2022	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		13-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED