Species Notaden nichollsi Parker, 1940
Desert Spadefoot, Desert Shovelfoot
- Notaden nichollsi Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [63].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.18.57, Roebuck Bay, WA.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, desert, low shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, swamp, tall shrubland, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in swamps, free-living tadpole.
General References
Main, A.R. 1965. Frogs of southern Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist Club Handbook 8: 1-73 (natural history)
Main, A.R. & Storr, G.M. 1966. Range extensions and notes on the biology of frogs from the Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 53-61 (distribution)
Slater, P. & Main, A.R. 1963. Notes on the biology of Notaden nichollsi Parker (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Western Australian Naturalist 8: 163-166 (natural history)
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 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 03-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 19-Oct-2016 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |