Species Platyplectrum ornatum (Gray, 1842)
Ornate Burrowing Frog
- Discoglossus ornatus Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. pp. 51-57 in Gray, J.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany. London : Treuttel, Würz & Co. [56].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.19.11, Port Essington, NT. - Platyplectrum marmoratum Günther, A. 1863. On new species of batrachians from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 11: 26-28 [27, pl. 4 fig. A].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.2.19.12, Clarence River, NSW. - Platyplectrum occidentale Cope, E.D. 1866. On the structure and distribution of the genera of arciferous Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 6: 67-112 [90] [as P. occidentale].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not located), WA. - Opisthodon frauenfeldi Steindachner, F. 1867. Amphibien. pp. 1–70 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(4). Vienna : State Printer. [1869 on title page] [9, pl. 1 figs 1-4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW 4699 (2 specimens), Rockhampton, QLD [as NSW].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [19]
Generic Combinations
- Platyplectrum ornatum (Gray, 1842). —
Keferstein, W. 1867. Ueber einige neue oder seltene Batrachier aus Australien und dem tropischen Amerika. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 18: 341-361 - Limnodynastes ornatus (Gray, 1842). —
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. [19]
Tyler, M.J. & Doughty, P. 2009. Field Guide to Frogs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 4.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, lentic freshwater, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, swamp, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder in lentic freshwater and swamps, 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)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2017 | ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 03-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jun-2012 | 26-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |