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Limnodynastes fletcheri Boulenger, 1888
Limnodynastes Fletcheri Boulenger, 1888, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 2: 142. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.19.9–10 (formerly 1888.7.3.7–8) according to Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 57, Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 18, and Tyler, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 396. Type locality: "Guntawang, near Mudgee, New South Wales", Australia.
Limnodynastes marmoratus Lamb, 1911, Ann. Queensland Mus., 10: 28. Holotype: QM J12597, according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 18. Type locality: "Goondiwindi", Queensland, Australia. Synonymy by Fry, 1912, Rec. Aust. Mus., 9: 106; Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 531. Considered distinct; without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.
Opisthodon fletcheri — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.
Opisthodon lambi Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3. Replacement name for Limnodynastes marmoratus Lamb, 1911.
Common Names
Long-thumbed Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 208; Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 62; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 186; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 82; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 48).
Barking Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 186).
Distribution
Western New South Wales and southern Queensland, west of the Great Dividing Range, extending into northern Victoria and along the River Murray into South Australia, Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
Discussed by Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 208, and Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: 67. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 82–83. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 48–49, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 20, provided a polygon distribution map.
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