Pseudophryne raveni Ingram and Corben, 1994

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

Pseudophryne raveni Ingram and Corben, 1994, Mem. Queensland Mus., 37: 270. Holotype: QM J58433, by original designation. Type locality: "Woogaroo C[ree]k n[ea]r Wacol. S[outh]E[east]Q[ueensland] (27° 36′ S, 152° 54′ E)", Australia.

Common Names

Copper-backed Broodfrog (Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 108).

Copper-backed Toadlet (Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 132).

Distribution

Near Nerang, north to the Enguella Region, west of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Apparently hybridizes with Pseudophryne coriacea around the base of the Scenic Rim, southeastern Queensland, Australia, according to the original publication. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 132–133. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 108, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 41, provided a polygon distribution map.

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