Pseudophryne australis (Gray, 1835)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Myobatrachidae > Genus: Pseudophryne > Species: Pseudophryne australis

Bombinator australis Gray, 1835, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1835: 57. Holotype: Not stated; given as BMNH 1947.2.20.17 (formerly 1936.12.3.132) by Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 102, Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 25. Type locality: "Swan River . . . . Australia"; Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 102, argued that the type locality is in error because the known distribution of this species is in New South Wales, whereas the Swan River is in Western Australia; see also Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 239. : 51–64, discussed the type locality and suggested that it is actually in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 

Phryniscus australis — Gray, 1845, in Eyre, J. Exped. Discov. Cent. Aust. 1840–1841, Append.: 407.

Bufonella crucifera Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 424. Syntypes: Not stated; although presumably originally in USNM; not located by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 25. Type locality: "New Holland" = Australia. Synonymy by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 25.

Phryniscus albifrons Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: plate 100 and p. 413. Holotype: Animal figured in original publication, presumably in MNHNP; not found by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 25. Type locality: Not stated. Synonymy by Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 45; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 277, and Shea and Rowley, 2018, Zootaxa, 4407: 61.

Pseudophryne australisGünther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 45; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 277; Heyer and Liem, 1976, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 233: 12..

Pseudophryne bibroni var. australisKeferstein, 1868, Arch. Naturgesch., 34: 272. Based on specimens of Pseudophryne coriacea according to Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 100.

Buffonella crucigeraKeferstein, 1868, Arch. Naturgesch., 34: 272. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Bufonella crucifera.

English Names

Red-crowned Toadlet (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 235; Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 76; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 264; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 138).

Hawksburgy Toadlet (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 235).

Distribution

Sawksbury Sandstone region from the Royal National Park in the south to Gosford and Newcastle in the north, Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 235. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 463. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 138–139. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 39, provided a polygon distribution map.

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