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Limnodynastes peronii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
Cystignathus peronii Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 409. Type(s): Not designated formally, MNHNP 4499 (2 specimens) registered as syntypes (although 3 specimens mentioned in original publication) with MNHNP 4500 incorrectly cited as holotype by Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 41. Type locality: "Nouvelle-Hollande?" (=Australia).
Limnodynastes peronii — Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 31. Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 134; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 259.
Wagleria peronii — Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 421.
Limnodynastes kreffti Günther, 1863, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 11: 26. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.18.71–75 (formerly 1863.6.16.85, 1863.6.16.89–91, and 1863.6.16.94) according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 19. Type locality: "neighbourhood of Sydney", New South Wales, Australia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 259.
Borborocoetes peronii — Cope, 1866, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 94, by implication.
Limnodynastes krefti — Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 26. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Limnodynastes peronii var. krefftii — Keferstein, 1867, Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 18: 345.
Limnodynastes lineatus De Vis, 1884, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 9: 65. Syntypes: 4 specimens, deposition not noted; BMNH 1947.2.18.76–77 (originally 1884.7.4.1-2) according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 19, and museum records. Type locality: "Mackay", Queensland, Australia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1885, Zool. Rec., 21: 16; Boulenger, 1885, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 16: 386; Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 529. Considered distinct, without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 2.
Limnodynastes peronii peronii — Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 7.
Limnodynastes peronii lineatus — Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 7.
English Names
Brown-striped Frog (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 63; 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).
Striped Marsh Frog (Martin and Littlejohn, 1982, Tasman. Amph.: 7; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 191).
Striped Marshfrog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223).
Brown Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 197; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 191).
Distribution
Coasts of northeastern Queensland (south of Cape York Peninsula), eastern New South Wales, Victoria, southeastern South Australia, and northern Tasmania, Australia.
Comment
See Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 197, for a review of this species. Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: 65–66, provided an account. Martin and Littlejohn, 1982, Tasman. Amph.: 40–41, provided a brief account. Schäuble and Moritz, 2001, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 74: 57–170, reported on mtDNA geographic variation and its biogeographic implications. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 86–87. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 20, provided a polygon distribution map.
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