Species Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyla tornieri Nieden, F. 1923. Amphibia. Anura I. Subordo Aglossa und Phaneroglossa. dap Sectio 1 Arcifera. Das Tierreich 46: 1-584 [228] [as H. tornieri; nom. nov. for Pelodytes affinis Gray, 1842, at that time a junior secondary homonym of Hyla affinis Spix, 1824].
• Pelodytes affinis Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. pp. 51-57 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [56] [junior homonym of Hyla affinis Spix, 1824].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1947.2.22.79, Port Essington, NT (as 'North coast of Australia').

  Type locality references:

  Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Gradentia s. Caudata in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi + 503 pp.

 

Generic Combinations

• Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923).

 

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), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, open forest, swamp, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, woodland, woodland swamps.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.

 

General References

Andersson, L.G. 1913. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 4. Batrachians. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ns 52: 1-26 (taxonomy)

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)

 

Common Name References

Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. [1842-1847]. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera). Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann pp. Fasc. 9-10 [1846]; (Index universalis). 12 [1847] viii+393. [329] (Black-shinned Rocket Frog)

 

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	HYLIDAE	19-Oct-2016	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		13-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED