Neobatrachus albipes Roberts, Mahony, Kendrick, and Majors, 1991

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Limnodynastidae > Genus: Neobatrachus > Species: Neobatrachus albipes

Neobatrachus albipes Roberts, Mahony, Kendrick, and Majors, 1991, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 15: 24. Holotype: WAM R101178, by original designation; this in error according to Roberts, 2010, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 25: 457, who noted the correct registration number of the holotype as WAM R101182. Type locality: "4.2 km N Hopetoun, W[estern]. A[ustralia]. (33°43′ S, 120°08′ E)", Australia.

English Names

White Stubby Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95).

White-footed Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 214; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 94).

White-footed Trilling Frog (Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 94).

Distribution

Southern Western Australia from Wyalkatchem, Bruce Rock, Narembeen, Quairading, Dongalocking, and the Stirling Ranges in the west, east to Coolgardie and Cape Arid and south of the Great Eastern Highway; also reported at Junanan Rock.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 94. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 94-95. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 8, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 35, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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