Species Notaden bennettii Günther, 1873

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• Notaden bennettii Günther, A. 1873. Description of two new species of frogs from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 11: 349-350 [350].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1947.2.18.56, Castlereagh River, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [23].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, burrower, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Seasonal breeder in swamps.

 

General References

Heatwole, H., Cameron, E.E. & Webb, G.J.W. 1971. Studies on anuran water balance. II. Evaporative loss, vital limit and behavioral responses to desiccation in Notaden bennetti. Herpetologica 27: 365-378

King, M., Tyler, M.J., Davies, M. & King, D. 1979. Karyotypic studies on Cyclorana and associated genera of Australian frogs. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 699-708 (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)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AMPHIBIA	19-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED