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Austrochaperina pluvialis (Zweifel, 1965)
Sphenophryne pluvialis Zweifel, 1965, Am. Mus. Novit., 2214: 6. Holotype: AMNH 54195, by original designation. Type locality: "Speewah, elevation 1500 feet, Queensland", Australia.
Austrochaperina pluvialis — Zweifel, 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 9.
Asterophrys pluvialis — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 465.
English Names
White-browed Chirper (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222).
Flecked Land Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 92).
Rain Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 362; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 100).
Distribution
Rainforests of the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula from south of Cooktown to north of Townsville, northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
See account by Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 362. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 100–101. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 8, provided a polygon distribution map.
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