Philoria sphagnicolus (Moore, 1958)
Kyarranus sphagnicolus Moore, 1958, Am. Mus. Novit., 1919: 4. Holotype: AMS R16005 according to Shea and Sadlier, 1999, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus., 15: 12. Type locality: "5000 feet on Point Lookout, near Ebor, New South Wales", Australia.
Philoria sphagnicolus — Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 24. Knowles, Mahony, Armstrong, and Donnellan, 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus., 56: 57.
English Names
Sphagnum Frog (Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 214; Cogger, 1975, Rept. Amph. Australia: 74; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 249; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 80).
Distribution
Along the eastern escarpment of the Great Dividing Range in northeastern New South Wales from Mount Hyland in the north to Gloucester Tops in the south, Australia.
Comment
See account by Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 214. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 425. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 80-81.
External Links
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- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
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