Species Notaden melanoscaphus Hosmer, 1962
Northern Spadefoot, Brown Shovelfoot
- Notaden melanoscaphus Hosmer, W. 1962. A new leptodactylid frog of the genus Notaden from northern Australia. American Museum Novitates 2077: 1-8 [2, figs 1-6].
Type data:
Holotype NMV D10144 (ex AMNH 67161), Borroloola, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Day, K. 1980. Northern spade-foot toad (Notaden melanoscaphus). Victorian Herpetological Society Newsletter 17: 11-12 (natural history)
Parker, F. & Tanner, C. 1971. Some frogs from southern Cape York Peninsula. North Queensland Naturalist 39(155): 4-8 (distribution)
Tyler, M.J. 1967. Notaden melanoscaphus, a species of frog new to the fauna of Queensland. North Queensland Naturalist 34(144): 7 (distribution)
History of changes
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