Species Crinia deserticola (Liem & Ingram, 1977)
Chirping Froglet, Desert Froglet
- Ranidella deserticola Liem, D.S. & Ingram, G.J. 1977. Two new species of frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae, Pelodryadidae) from Queensland and New South Wales. Victorian Naturalist 94: 255-262 [255, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype QM J22654, Charleville, SW QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Crinia deserticola (Liem & Ingram, 1977).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Free-living tadpole.
General References
Tyler, M.J., Davies, M. & Martin, A.A. 1981. Frog fauna of the Northern Territory: new distributional records and the description of a new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105: 149-154
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