Species Crinia riparia Littlejohn & Martin, 1965
Streambank Froglet
- Crinia riparia Littlejohn, M.J. & Martin, A.A. 1965. A new species of Crinia (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from South Australia. Copeia 1965: 319-324 [319, figs 1-5].
Type data:
Holotype AM R26161, Alligator Gorge, 8.5 mi[les] SSW of Wilmington, Lower Flinders Ranges, SA.
Generic Combinations
- Ranidella riparia (Littlejohn & Martin, 1965).
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, cryptozoic, lotic freshwater, low open woodland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Breeds in lotic fresh water, seasonal breeder, free-living tadpole.
General 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. [29] (as Ranidella riparia)
Donnellan, S., Anstis, M., Price, L. & Wheaton, L. 2012. A new species of Crinia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Zootaxa 3499: 1-26 (redescribed, Flinders Ranges population described as new species)
MacNally, R.C. 1979. Social organization and interspecific interactions in two sympatric species of Ranidella (Anura). Oecologia (Berlin) 42: 293-306
Odendaal, F.J. & Bull, C.M. 1980. Influence of water speed on tadpoles of Ranidella signifera and R. riparia (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 79-82 (larvae)
Thompson, M.B. 1981. The systematic status of the genus Australocrinia Heyer and Liem (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 93-102 (taxonomy)
Tyler, M.J. 1978. Amphibians of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government 84 pp. (natural history)
History of changes
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