Neobatrachus aquilonius Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Limnodynastidae > Genus: Neobatrachus > Species: Neobatrachus aquilonius

Neobatrachus aquilonius Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 9: 155. Holotype: WAM R71005, by original designation. Type locality: "22–41 km S of Derby, Kimberley Division", Western Australia.

English Names

Rattling Metal-eyed Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223).

Burrowing Rain Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95).

Northern Burrowing Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 216; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 95; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 90).

Distribution

Isolated localities in south-central to northern Western Australia, to the Barkly Tablelands, Northern Territory, Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Roberts, 1997, Aust. J. Zool., 45: 95–112, suggested that this might be conspecific with Neobatrachus sudelli. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 95, who noted that this species is tetraploid. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 90–91. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 8, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 35, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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