Subspecies Heleioporus australiacus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
Eastern Owl Frog, Giant Burrowing Frog
- Rana australiaca Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1795. Rana australiaca. pl. 200 in, Naturalist's Miscellany. Vol. 6 London.
Type data:
Neotype AMS R104952 ♂ adult, SVL 74.5 mm, Maroota State Forest, NSW [-33.5287°, 150.9865°].
Status unknown, (description based on a drawing, see Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. 3 Pt 2 Amphibia. London : Kearsley vii 313–615 pp.), Australia (as New Holland).Subsequent designation references:
Mahony, M.J., Penman, T., Bertozzi, T., Lemckert, F., Bilney, R. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. Taxonomic revision of south-eastern Australian giant burrowing frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Heleioporus Gray). Zootaxa 5016(4): 451-489 [476]. - Rana spinipes Schneider, J.G. 1799. Historiae Amphibiorum Naturalis et Literariae. Jena : Frommani Fasc. 1 xvi 266 pp. [129, 139].
Type data:
Status unknown, (description based on the illustration of Rana australiaca in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1795. Rana australiaca. pl. 200 in, Naturalist's Miscellany. Vol. 6 London), Australia (as New Holland). - Philocryphus flavoguttatus Fletcher, J.J. 1894. Description of a new cystignathoid frog from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 229-236 [233].
Type data:
Lectotype AM R29953 (lost), Mt Victoria, Blue Mountains, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Goldman, J., Hill, L. & Stanbury, P.J. 1969. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. II. Amphibians and Reptiles. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 93: 427-438.
Generic Combinations
- Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795). —
Parker, H.W. 1940. The Australasian frogs of the family Leptodactylidae. Novitates Zoologicae 42: 1-106 [39] - Philocryphus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795). —
Fry, D.B. 1915. Herpetological notes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 27: 60-95 [70] - Heleioporus flavoguttatus (Fletcher, 1894). —
Fletcher, J.J. 1898. Contributions to a more exact knowledge of the geographical distribution of Australian Batrachia. 5.A. Batrachia of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 12: 660-684 [679]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Sydney Basin from Corrabare State Forest near Wollombi (32°56'S) to at least Woronora Plateau near Waterfall (34°14'S), NSW, and possibly further south.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, burrower, nocturnal, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.
Common Name References
Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [41] (Giant Burrowing Frog)
Mahony, M.J., Penman, T., Bertozzi, T., Lemckert, F., Bilney, R. & Donnellan, S.C. 2021. Taxonomic revision of south-eastern Australian giant burrowing frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Heleioporus Gray). Zootaxa 5016(4): 451-489 [476] (Eastern Owl Frog)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | AMPHIBIA | 19-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| ANURA Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 | 10-Aug-2022 | ADDED |