Heleioporus eyrei (Gray, 1845)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Limnodynastidae > Genus: Heleioporus > Species: Heleioporus eyrei

Perialia eyrei Gray, 1845, in Eyre, J. Exped. Discov. Cent. Aust. 1840–1841, Append.: 407. Syntypes: Not stated; by museum records BMNH 1947.2.19.80–83 (formerly 1843.5.19.71–74), according to Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 41, Tyler, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 395, and Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 16. Type locality: "Australia, on the banks of the river Murray", Western Australia, Australia.

Heleioporus insularis Loveridge, 1933, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8: 92. Holotype: WAM R4303, by original designation. Type locality: "Rottnest Island, Western Australia". Synonymy by Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 40. Considered distinct; without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.

Heleioporus eyrei — Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 40.

Perialia eyrei — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.

Perialia insularis — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.

Common Names

Moaning Frog (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 57; Tyler, Smith, and Johnstone, 1984, Frogs W. Aust.: 54; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 191; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 56; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 76; Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper, and Robinson, 2010, Field Guide Rept. Amph. Perth Region, 2nd Ed.: 36). 

Distribution

Southwestern Australia coastal plain, extending into the Darling Range, from just below Geraldton in the north to Esperance in the east.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 56. See brief accounts by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 76–77, and Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper, and Robinson, 2010, Field Guide Rept. Amph. Perth Region, 2nd Ed.: 36. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 7, for comments on the type series.See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 7, for comments on the type series of Heleioporus insularis Loveridge. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 42, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 18, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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