Species Litoria wilcoxii Günther, 1864

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• Litoria wilcoxii Günther, A. 1864. Third contribution to our knowledge of batrachians from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 46-49 [48].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1947.2.22.46, Clarence River, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Donnellan, S.C. & Mahony, M.J. 2004. Allozyme, chromosomal and morphological variability in the Litoria leseuri species group (Anura: Hylidae), including a description of a new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 1-28 [16].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.

 

General References

Donnellan, S.C. & Mahony, M.J. 2004. Allozyme, chromosomal and morphological variability in the Litoria leseuri species group (Anura: Hylidae), including a description of a new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 1-28 (resolution of cryptic species using molecular methods and phylogenetic analyses)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AMPHIBIA	19-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
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