Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Cystignathus peronii Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 409. Type(s): Not designated formally, MNHNP 4499 (2 specimens) registered as syntypes (although 3 specimens mentioned in original publication). MNHNP 4500 cited as holotype (lectotype designation by implication) by Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 41, although Duméril and Bibron, 1841, presented measurements for only one specimen. Type locality: "Nouvelle-Hollande?" (=Australia).

Limnodynastes peronii — Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.: 31. Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 134; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 259.

Wagleria peronii — Girard, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 421.

Limnodynastes kreffti Günther, 1863, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 11: 26. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.18.71-75, according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 19. Type locality: "neighbourhood of Sydney", New South Wales, Australia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 259.

Borborocoetes peronii — Cope, 1866, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 94. by implication.

Limnodynastes krefti — Steindachner, 1867, Reise Österreichischen Fregatte Novara, Zool., Amph.: 26. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Limnodynastes peronii var. krefftii — Keferstein, 1867, Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, 18: 345.

Limnodynastes lineatus De Vis, 1884, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 9: 65. Syntypes: 4 specimens, deposition not noted; BMNH 1947.2.18.76-77 according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 19. Type locality: "Mackay", Queensland, Australia. Synonymy by Boulenger, 1885, Zool. Rec., 21: 16; Boulenger, 1885, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 16: 386; Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 529. Considered distinct, without discussion, by Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 2.

Limnodynastes peronii peronii — Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 7.

Limnodynastes peronii lineatus — Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 7.

English Names

Brown-striped Frog (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 63; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94).

Striped Marsh Frog (Martin and Littlejohn, 1982, Tasman. Amph.: 7; Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 191).

Striped Marshfrog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223).

Brown Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 197; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 191).

Distribution

Coasts of eastern Queensland (south of Cape York Peninsula), New South Wales, Victoria, southeastern South Australia, and northern Tasmania, Australia.

Comment

See Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 197, for a review of this species. Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: 65-66, provided an account. Martin and Littlejohn, 1982, Tasman. Amph.: 40-41, provided a brief account. Schäuble and Moritz, 2001, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 74: 57-170, reported on mtDNA geographic variation and its biogeographic implications. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 86-87.

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