Species Neobatrachus pictus Peters, 1863
Painted Frog, Painted Spadefoot Frog, Painted Trilling Frog
- Neobatrachus pictus Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [235].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 4725–6 (Roberts, J.D. 1978. Redefinition of the Australian leptodactylid frog Neobatrachus pictus Peters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 102: 97–105 includes ZMB 9705 (one Neobatrachus pictus and one Notaden melanoscaphus) as part of syntype series, but ZMB records are equivocal on this point), Loos, 4.5 km W Gawler, SA (as Buchsfelde).Type locality references:
Praite, R. & Tolley, J.C. 1970. Place Names of South Australia. Adelaide : Rigby 203 pp. - Neobatrachus fictus Kref[f]t, G. 1865. The frogs of Australia. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1865: 16-20 [17] [unjustified emendation, lapsus for Neobatrachus pictus Peters, 1863].
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. [22-23]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Mahoney, M.J. & Robinson, E.S. 1980. Polyploidy in the Australian leptodactylid frog genus Neobatrachus. Chromosoma (Berlin) 81: 199-212 (karyology)
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)
Tyler, M.J. 1978. Amphibians of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government 84 pp. (natural history)
Warburg, M.R. 1965. Studies on the water economy of some Australian frogs. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 317-330
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | AMPHIBIA | 19-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |