Species Crinia signifera Girard, 1853

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Species Crinia signifera Girard, 1853

Clicking Froglet, Common Eastern Froglet

Crinia (Ranidella) signifera Girard, C. 1853. Descriptions of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Second Part. Including the species of batrachians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6: 420-424 [1854 on title page] [422].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Australia.
Camariolus varius Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [236].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 4708 (not found), Loos, 4.5 km W Gawler (as Buchsfelde), SA.
Type locality references:
Praite, R. & Tolley, J.C. 1970. Place Names of South Australia. Adelaide : Rigby 203 pp.
Pterophrynus verrucosus Lütken, C. 1863. Nogle nye krybdyr og padder. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1862: 292-331 [1862 on title page] [302].
Type data:
Holotype UZM R1181, Australia.
Crinia georgiana laevipes 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 [348].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZFMK 28246–28247, Sydney, NSW.
Cystignathus sydneyensis 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 [348] [nom. nud.; Krefft ms name introduced in synonymy].
Camariolus pictus Cope, E.D. 1867. On the families of raniform Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 6: 189-206 [202] [unjustified emendation; lapsus for Camariolus varius Peters, 1863].
Crinia stictiventris Cope, E.D. 1867. On the families of raniform Anura. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 6: 189-206 [202].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (not found; cited as MCZ 672 in error by Barbour, T. & Loveridge, A. 1929. Typical reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 69: 205–360), Australia.
Pterophrynus fasciatus 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] [31, pl. 5 figs 3-4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW 4707 13 specimens (the original description cites only 4 specimens in NHMW and these may be included in this series), NSW.
Crinia signifera englishi Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [89].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1947.2.19.46–64, near Launceston, TAS; BMNH 1947.2.19.76–79, near Devonport, TAS; AM R6041–5, near Launceston, TAS; AM R7601 2 specimens, Ulverstone, TAS; AM R10353, Eagle Hawk Neck, TAS; AM R10356–7, National Park, TAS; AM R49827–30, National Park, TAS; AM R49825-26 (for further details see Shea, G. M. & Sadlier, R. A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91), near Launceston, TAS.
Crinia signifera montana Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [90].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MCZ 26761–2, Mt Kosciusko region, NSW; AM R579, R4647, R54676, Mt Kosciusko region, 5000 ft, NSW; AM R5043-4, R54677, R5046-8, R5050-3, R54678-9, Mt Kosciusko, 7000 ft, NSW; AM R7439, RR54680-90, Pretty Point, Mt Kosciusko, NSW; AM R9741, R9743, R54691-2, Lake Cootapatamba, Mt Kosciusko 6500 ft, NSW; AM R9743 (for further details of type specimens and type localities see Shea, G. M. & Sadlier, R. A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91), Rawson Pass, Mt Kosciusko 6800 ft, NSW.
Crinia affinis halmaturina Condon, H.T. 1941. Further records of lizards and frogs from Kangaroo Island. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 111-116 [114].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA R2165 (presumed lost, see Tyler, M.J. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. II. Amphibians. Records of the South Australian Museum 17: 177–180), Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Is., SA.

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. [29-30]

Generic Combinations

Ranidella signifera (Girard, 1853).

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), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)