Species Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, 1864
Great Barred Frog
- Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, A. 1864. Third contribution to our knowledge of batrachians from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 46-49 [46, pl. 7 fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.19.89–90, Clarence River, NSW. - Hyla fenestrata De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new species of Hyla. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 128-130 [128].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM (presumed lost), Tweed River, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, lotic freshwater, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, tall forest, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Saltatorial, seasonal breeder in lotic freshwater, free-living tadpole.
General References
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)
Straughan, I.R. 1968. A taxonomic review of the genus Mixophyes (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 93: 52-59 (taxonomy)
Wotherspoon, D. 1981. The great barred frog-mouth breeder? Herpetofauna 12: 30 (reproduction)
History of changes
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