Neobatrachus kunapalari Mahony and Roberts, 1986

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

Neobatrachus kunapalari Mahony and Roberts, 1986, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 13: 163. Holotype: WAM 93485, by original designation. Type locality: "8.9 km S of Merredin, WA (31° 22′ S, 118° 15′ E)", Western Australia, Australia.

English Names

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

Kunapalari Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 220).

Wheatbelt Frog (Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 98; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 90).

Distribution

Southwestern half of Western Australia south of Menzies and Wubin to the edge of the Nullarbor Plain.

Comment

See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 98. 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: 9, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 36, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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