Heleioporus Gray, 1841
Heleioporus Gray, 1841, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 7: 91. Type species: Heleioporus albopunctatus Gray, 1841, by monotypy.
Helioporus — Gray, 1841, in Grey (ed.), J. Two Exped. Discovery NW and W. Aust., 2(App. E): 447. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Perialia Gray, 1845, in Eyre, J. Exped. Discov. Cent. Aust. 1840-1841, Append.: 406. Type species: Perialia eyrei Gray, 1845, by subsequent designation of Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 1-106. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 271. Resurrected; without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).
Heleioforus — Krefft, 1865, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania, 1865: 17. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Philocryphus Fletcher, 1894, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Ser. 2, 8: 233. Type species: Philocryphus flavoguttatus Fletcher, 1894, by monotypy. Synonymy by Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 525. Resurrected; without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).
English Names
Giant Burrowing Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94).
Distribution
Southern Western Australia, southwestern New South Wales, and eastern Victoria, Australia.
Comment
Reviewed by Lee, 1967, Aust. J. Zool., 15: 367-439. See Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2, for accounts and keys to species. See comment under Neobatrachus. Lynch, 1971, Misc. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 53: 79, suggested the relationship Heleioporus + (Neobatrachus + Notaden).
Contained taxa
- Heleioporus albopunctatus Gray, 1841
- Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw and Nodder, 1795)
- Heleioporus barycragus Lee, 1967
- Heleioporus eyrei (Gray, 1845)
- Heleioporus inornatus Lee and Main, 1954
- Heleioporus psammophilus Lee and Main, 1954
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