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Pseudophryne guentheri Boulenger, 1882
Pseudophryne guentheri Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 279. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.20.18–21 (formerly 1936.12. 3.131 [see Pseudophryne bibronii], 1869.7.27.5, 1858.11.25.59, 1864.10.6.9), according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 27, aand Tyler, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 405. Type locality: " Swan River"; "Western Australia"; and "Australia".
Pseudophryne brooksi Loveridge, 1933, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8: 59. Holotype: MCZ 13025, by original designation. Type locality: "Manjimup, near Pemberton, West[ern] Australia". Synonymy by Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 96.
Common Names
Günther's Toadlet (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 105; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 274; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 106).
Guenther's Toadlet (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 78).
Gunther's Toadlet (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 136).
Crawling Toadlet (Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 113; Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper, and Robinson, 2010, Field Guide Rept. Amph. Perth Region, 2nd Ed.: 42).
Distribution
Southwestern Western Australia: from near Shark Bay extending east and inland from Mount Magnet and Booanya near Mount Ragged.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
See comment under Pseudophryne bibronii. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 113. See brief accounts by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 136–137, and Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper, and Robinson, 2010, Field Guide Rept. Amph. Perth Region, 2nd Ed.: 42. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 106, 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.
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