Limnodynastes peronii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Limnodynastidae > Genus: Limnodynastes > Species: Limnodynastes peronii

Cystignathus peronii Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 6: 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 peroniiFitzinger, 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 peroniiGirard, 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 peroniiCope, 1866, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 94, by implication.

Limnodynastes kreftiSteindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 26. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Limnodynastes peronii var. krefftiiKeferstein, 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 peroniiLoveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 7.

Limnodynastes peronii lineatusLoveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 7.

Common 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; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 50).

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.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: 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. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 50–51, 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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