Species Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, 1858

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Species Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, 1858

Bibron's Broodfrog, Bibron's Toadlet, Brown Broodfrog

Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xvi 160 pp. [46] [in part].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.20.20, Australia and TAS
Comment: the original description refers to 4 syntypes, but BMNH records indicate that BMNH 1947.2.20.20 (which is also a syntype of Pseudophryne guentheri Boulenger, 1882) is the only extant syntype; consequently the name bibronii should apply strictly to the species currently known as guentheri, but as this would overturn existing usage, on the grounds that the status of the remaining syntype is uncertain, this action was not adopted by Cogger, H., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia. pp. 1–56 in Walton, D.W. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd vi 313 pp. [25].
Type locality references:
Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp.
Pseudophryne coriacea Keferstein, W. 1868. Über die Batrachier Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 34: 253-290 [272 pl. 6 fig. 15] [in part].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZFMK 28204, Clarence River, NSW
Comment: for remaining syntypes see Pseudophryne coriacea Keferstein, 1868.

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. [25]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, litter, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.