Species Mixophyes australis Mahony, Bertozzi, Guzinski, Hines & Donnellan, 2023

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mixophyes australis Mahony, M.J., Bertozzi, T., Guzinski, J., Hines, H.B. & Donnellan, S.C. 2023. A new species of barred frog, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from south-eastern Australia identified by molecular genetic analyses. Zootaxa 5297(3): 301–336.

  Type data:

   Holotype AMS R.188750 Adult male, Sharpes Creek, Gloucester Tops National Park, NSW [32°05’ S, 151°68’ E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mixophyes balbus Straughan. —
  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. [21] (a misidentification, in part)
  Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. (a misidentification, in part)

 

Introduction

The species was previously considered a southern population of Mixophyes balbus before Mahony et al. (2023) demonstrated that it was a distinct species following a detailed molecular, morphological and acoustic study.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern side of the Macleay River, NSW south to the Cann River catchment in East Gippsland, VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	AMPHIBIA	19-Dec-2023	ADDED