Species Neobatrachus sudellae (Lamb, 1911)
Common Spadefoot Frog, Desert Trilling Frog, Meeowing Frog, Sudell's Frog
- Heleioporus sudelli Lamb, J. 1911. Description of three new batrachians from southern Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 26-28 [26].
Type data:
Holotype QM J78, Warwick, QLD. - Heleioporus centralis Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [35].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.19.13, 100 mi[les] E of Lake Eyre, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Roberts, J.D. 2010. Taxonomic status of the Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus sudelli, N. centralis and Neoruinosus and clarification of the type specimen of N. albipes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 455–458 [456]
Generic Combinations
- Neobatrachus centralis (Parker, 1940).
- Neobatrachus sudellae (Lamb, 1911).
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Neobatrachus sudelli (Lamb, 1911) [emended to sudellae by Shea (2012: 116)]. —
Shea, G. 2012. Emendation of the specific name of the frog Neobatrachus sudelli (Lamb, 1911) (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(1): 116-117
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Hosmer, W. 1958. A note on the identity of Heleioporus sudelli Lamb. North Queensland Naturalist 121: 1-2
Roberts, J.D. 1978. Redefinition of the Australian leptodactylid frog Neobatrachus pictus Peters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 102: 97-105 (taxonomy)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | AMPHIBIA | 19-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
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| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |