Crinia nimbus (Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies, and Littlejohn, 1994)
Bryobatrachus nimbus Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies, and Littlejohn, 1994, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 118: 173. Holotype: TMAG C1012, by original designation. Type locality: "300 m north of Lake Esperance (146° 46′ E, 43° 13′ 30 S), Hartz Mountains National Park, 920 m", southern Tasmania, Australia.
Crinia nimbus — Read, Keogh, Scott, Roberts, and Doughty, 2001, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 21: 294.
Crinia nimba — Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 110. Incorrect treatment of the species name as an adjective; see comment.
English Names
Moss Froglet (Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 110).
Distribution
Cool and wet subalpine moorland and adjacent rainforest in southern Tasmania, Australia.
Comment
The sister taxon of Crinia tasmaniensis according to Read, Keogh, Scott, Roberts, and Doughty, 2001, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 21: 294. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 110-111. The species name "nimbus" is a noun in apposition and does not change with the change in generic gender.
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