Pseudophryne covacevichae Ingram and Corben, 1994

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

Pseudophryne covacevichae Ingram and Corben, 1994, Mem. Queensland Mus., 37: 267. Holotype: QM J52286, by original designation. Type locality: 'Millstream Falls N[ational]P[ark], adjacent to park entrance, 5.2 km W of Ravenshoe, N[orth]E[ast]Q[ueensland] (145° 22′ 30 E, 17° 38′ 30 S)", Australia.

Common Names

Magnificent Toadlet (Anstis, 2026, Tadpoles & Frogs Australia, 3rd Ed.: 679).

Magnificant Broodfrog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 463; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 132; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 105).

Distribution

Atherton Tablelands and the Paluma range of northeastern Queensland, Australia, above 800 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Most similar to Pseudophryne major according to the original publication. 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.: 132–133. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 105, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 40, provided a polygon distribution map. Groffen, Rush, and Hoskin, 2024, Herpetol. Notes, 17: 315–321, reported on the courtship and advertisement calls. Rush, Edwards, Schwarzkopf, and Allen-Ankins, 2026, Ecol. Evol., 16(8: e74191): 1–15, reported on geographic variation in the advertisement calls across the Atherton Tablelands region and the Paluma Range, northeastern Queensland, Australia. Anstis, 2026, Tadpoles & Frogs Australia, 3rd Ed.: 679–681, provided species accounts, including adult and larval morphology, natural history, and a polygon distribution map. 

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