Mixophyes australis Mahony, Bertozzi, Guzinski, Hines, and Donnellan, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Myobatrachidae > Genus: Mixophyes > Species: Mixophyes australis

Mixophyes australis Mahony, Bertozzi, Guzinski, Hines, and Donnellan, 2023, Zootaxa, 5297: 325. Holotype: AMS R.188750, by original designation. Type locality: "from Sharpes Creek, Gloucester Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia, 32° 05’ S, 151° 68’ E". Zoobank publication registration: 564FF0B3-96C1-4EEA-9A06-C2C6ABA80B34

English Names

Southern Stuttering Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Carrai Plateau on the southern side of the Macleay River in New South Wales south to the Cann River catchment in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 280 to 1000 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Formerly confused with Mixophyes balbus, according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, molecular markers, conservation status, and advertisement call were detailed. 

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