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Arenophryne xiphorhyncha Doughty and Edwards, 2008
Arenophryne xiphorhyncha Doughty and Edwards, 2008, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 24: 122. Holotype: WAM R67321, by original designation. Type locality: "Cooloomia Station, Western Australia (27°01′ S, 114°19′ E—17 km at 240° angle from Cooloomia homestead)".
Common Names
Southern Sandhill Frog (original publication; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 26; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 122).
Distribution
A broad strip of sandplain north of Geraldton and south of Shark Bay, Western Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
Edwards, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 45: 494-505, reported on a phylogeographic study that delimited two allopatric genetically differentiated populations of Arenophryne, of which Arenophryne xiphorhyncha was then unnamed. See account, photograph, and map by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 27. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 122–123. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 10, for comments on the type series. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 73, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 7, provided a polygon distribution map.
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