Notaden bennettii Günther, 1873
Notaden bennettii Günther, 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 11: 350. Syntypes: Not stated; by museum records BMNH 73.4.30.17 and 73.4.30.6 according to Parker, 1940, Novit. Zool., 42: 63; BMNH 1947.2.19.94, one of two adults, regarded as "Type" by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 328, a lectotype designation by implication; BMNH 1947.2.18.56 (formerly 73.4.30.17) noted as lectotype by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 23. Type locality: "from the Castlereagh River", New South Wales, Australia.
English Names
Catholic Frog (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 78).
Crucifix Toad (Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 71; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95).
Holy Cross Toad (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 104; Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 237; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 96).
Distribution
Plains of central New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia.
Comment
See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 96-97.
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