- Amphibian Species of the World on Twitter
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- Running log of additions and changes, 2023
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2022
- How to cite
- How to use
- History of the project, 1980 to 2023
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.2 (2004 to 2023)
- Scientific Nomenclature and Its Discontents
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Contributors, online editions
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
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)".
English 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. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 7, provided a polygon distribution map.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of general information from other websites search Google
- For access to relevant technical literature search Google Scholar
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For information on distribution, habitat, and conservation see the Map of Life
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.