Species Philoria frosti Spencer, 1901
Baw Baw Frog
- Philoria frosti Spencer, B. 1901. Two new species of frogs from Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 13: 175-178 [176].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV D8497, Mt Baw Baw, VIC.Subsequent designation references:
Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 31: 115-124.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA)
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, litter, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Hibernating, seasonal breeder, direct development.
General References
Knowles, R., Mahony, M., Armstrong, J. & Donnellan, S. 2004. Systematics of sphagnum frogs of the genus Philoria (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in eastern Australia, with the description of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 57-74 (molecular analysis, key, redescription)
Littlejohn, M.J 1963. The breeding biology of the Baw Baw frog Philoria frosti Spencer. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 88(3): 273-276
History of changes
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