Limnodynastes terraereginae Fry, 1915

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

Limnodynastes dorsalis var. terrae-reginae Fry, 1915, Proc. R. Soc. Queensland, 27: 67. Holotype: AMS R4525 according to Cogger, 1979, Rec. Aust. Mus., 32: 169. Type locality: "Somerset, Cape York [Peninsula], N. Queensland", Australia.

Limnodynastes terraereginaeMartin, 1972, Aust. J. Zool., 20: 165.

Platyplectrum terraereginaeWells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.

English Names

Northern Banjo Frog (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 65; 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; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 88).

Northern Bullfrog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 199).

Scarlet-sided Pobblebonk (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223).

Distribution

Western slopes and ranges of northeastern New South Wales through eastern Queensland to eastern side of Cape York Peninsula, Australia.

Comment

See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 88–89. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 21, provided a polygon distribution map.

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