Species Myobatrachus gouldii (Gray, 1841)
Turtle Frog
- Breviceps gouldii 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 [89].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.20.5, Western Australia. - Breviceps heliogabali Gray, J.E. 1841. List of Illustrations. Reptiles and Amphibia. xiv in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, under the authority of Her Majesty's Government. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1 412 pp. [nom. nud.].
- Myobatrachus paradoxus Schlegel, H. 1850. Description of a new genus of batrachians from Swan River. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850: 9-10 [10].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH (not found), Swan River, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Myobatrachus gouldii (Gray, 1841).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Walking, seasonal breeder, direct development, feeds primarily on ant and termite larvae and pupae.
General References
Anstis, M., Roberts, J.D. & Altig, R. 2007. Direct development in two Myobatrachid Frogs, Arenophryne rotunda Tyler and Myobatrachus gouldii Gray, from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 259-272
Calaby, J.H. 1956. The food habits of the frog, Myobatrachus gouldii (Gray). Western Australian Naturalist 5: 93-96
Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73 (natural history)
Roberts, J.D. 1981. Terrestrial breeding in the Australian leptodactylid frog Myobatrachus gouldii (Gray). Australian Wildlife Research 8: 451-462
History of changes
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| 31-Jan-2017 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 03-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 16-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |