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.

English 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). See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 7, for comments on the type series of Heleioporus insularis Loveridge. 

Distribution

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

Geographics occurrence

Natural resident: Australia

Endemic to the political unit: 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. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 18, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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