Genus Moloch Gray, 1841

Museums

Regional Maps

• Moloch Gray, J.E. 1841. Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 86-91 [88].

  Type species:

   Moloch horridus J.E. Gray, 1841 by monotypy.
• Molochus Steindachner, F. 1867. Amphibien. pp. 1–70 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(4). Vienna : State Printer. [1869 on title page] [26] [unjustified emendation of Moloch Gray, 1841].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [122]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)