Ranoidea alboguttata (Günther, 1867)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Pelodryadinae > Genus: Ranoidea > Species: Ranoidea alboguttata

Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther, 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 20: 54. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.20.6–7 (formerly 1867.5.6.78–79) (Cape York) and 1947.2.18.50–51 (formerly 1936.12.3.125–6) (Port Denison), according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 38. Type locality: "Port Denison [and], Cape York", Queensland, Australia.

Mitrolysis alboguttatusCope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 312.

Chiroleptes albopunctatusFletcher, 1894, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Ser. 2, 8: 525. Error for Chiroleptes alboguttatus Günther, 1867.

Cyclorana alboguttatusParker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 20.

Litoria alboguttataTyler, 1974, Proc. R. Soc. Queensland, 85: 27.

Brendanura alboguttataWells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 4.

Cyclorana alboguttataMeyer, Jamieson, and Scheltinga, 1997, J. Submicroscop. Cytol. Pathol., 29: 443.

Litoria (Cyclorana) alboguttataFrost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 362.

Dryopsophus alboguttatus — Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016, Zootaxa, 4104: 40. 

Ranoidea alboguttata — Dubois and Frétey, 2016, Dumerilia, 6: 21. 

English Names

Striped Burrowing Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 166; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 61; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 142; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 26).

Greenstripe Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222).

Australian Striped Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 59).

Distribution

Northeastern Northern Territory, Queensland, south to central New South Wales, Australia.

Comment

Formerly in the Litoria aurea group of Tyler and Davies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 27 (63): 12. Maxson, Tyler, and Maxson, 1982, Aust. J. Zool., 30: 643, and Boontheung, Gao, Brinkworth, Bowie, and Tyler, 2006, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 130: 1–9, suggested a close relationships to Cyclorana. See Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 166, for account. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 26–27. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 14, provided a polygon distribution map (as Cyclorana australis).

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