Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Cryptotis brevis Günther, 1863, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 11: 27. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.20.3 (formerly 63.6.16.95), according to M.J. Tyler in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 394, and Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 13. Type locality: "Clarence River", New South Wales, Australia.

Adelotus brevis — Ogilby, 1907, Proc. R. Soc. Queensland, 20: 32. by implication.

English Names

Tusked Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 174; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 102; Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 93; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 348; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 72).

Distribution

Great Dividing Range and coast from central-eastern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales, Australia.

Comment

See Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 175, and Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2, for accounts. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 623. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 72-73.

External Links

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• For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
• For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
• To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
• For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
• For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
• For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
• for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML