Species Platyplectrum fletcheri (Boulenger, 1890)
Black-soled Frog, Fletcher's Frog, Sandpaper Frog
- Phanerotis fletcheri Boulenger, G.A. 1890. Description of a new genus of cystignathoid frogs from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 593-594 [594].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.18.67, Dunoon, Richmond River, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Lechriodus fletcheri (Boulenger, 1890). —
Loveridge, A. 1935. Australian Amphibia in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 78: 1-60 [22] (new combination) - Platyplectrum fletcheri (Boulenger, 1890). —
Dubois, A., Ohler, A. & Pyron, R.A. 2021. New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia). Megataxa 50(1): 1-738 [201]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, lentic freshwater, litter, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, tall forest, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Saltatorial, seasonal breeder in lentic freshwater, free-living tadpole.
General References
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)
Zweifel, R.G. 1972. A review of the frog genus Lechriodus (Leptodactylidae) of New Guinea and Australia. American Museum Novitates 2507: 1-41 (taxonomy)