Genus Myobatrachus Schlegel, 1850

Museums

Regional Maps

• Myobatrachus Schlegel, H. 1850. Description of a new genus of batrachians from Swan River. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850: 9-10 [9].

  Type species:

   Myobatrachus paradoxus Schlegel, 1850 by monotypy.
• Myiobatrachus Schlegel, H. 1858. Handleiding tot de beoefening der Dierkunde. Breda : Koninklijke Militaire Akademie Vol. 2 xii 532 pp. [59] [invalid emendation of Myobatrachus Schlegel, 1850].
• Chelydobatrachus Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi 160 pp. [53].

  Type species:

   Breviceps gouldii Gray, 1841 by monotypy.

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. [21]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

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