Species Pseudophryne corroboree Moore, 1953
Southern Corroboree Frog
- Pseudophryne corroboree Moore, J.A. 1953. A new species of Pseudophryne from Victoria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 78: 179-180 [179].
Type data:
Holotype AM R13103, Round Mtn, NSW (as Towong Hill Station, Corryong, VIC).Type locality references:
Colefax, A.N. 1956. New information on the corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree Moore). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 258-266.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA)
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, litter, noctidiurnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.
General References
Colefax, A.N. 1956. New information on the corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree Moore). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 258-266 (natural history)
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)
Morgan, MJ., Hunter, D., Pietsch, R., Osborne, W. & Keogh, J.S. 2008. Assessment of genetic diversity in the critically endangered Australian corroboree frogs, Pseudophryne corroboree and Pseudophryne pengilleyi, identifies four evolutionarily significant units for conservation. Molecular Ecology 17: 3448–3463
Pengilley, R.K. 1971. Calling and associated behaviour of some species of Pseudophryne (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Journal of Zoology, London 163: 73-92
Pengilley, R.K. 1971. The food of some Australian anurans (Amphibia). Journal of Zoology, London 163: 93-103
Pengilley, R.K. 1973. Breeding biology of some species of Pseudophryne Anura: Leptodactylidae) of the southern highlands, New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 18: 15-30
History of changes
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