Crinia riparia Littlejohn and Martin, 1965
Crinia riparia Littlejohn and Martin, 1965, Copeia, 1965: 319. Holotype: AMS R26161, by original designation. Type locality: "Alligator Gorge, 8 1/2 mi SSW of Wilmington, Lower Flinders Ranges, South Australia".
Ranidella riparia — Blake, 1973, Aust. J. Zool., 21: 141. Thompson, 1981, Aust. J. Zool., 29: 101.
Australocrinia riparia — Heyer and Liem, 1976, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 233: 12.
Crinia riparia — Heyer, Daugherty, and Maxson, 1982, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 95: 424. Read, Keogh, Scott, Roberts, and Doughty, 2001, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 21: 301.
Littlejohnophryne riparia — Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3.
English Names
Flinders Range Froglet (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94).
Streambank Froglet (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 295).
Distribution
The Southern Flinders Ranges from Mount Brown Conservation Park 15 km south of Quorn in the north to Napperby Gorge in the south, South Australia.
Comment
Odendaal, Bull, and Adams, 1983, Copeia, 1983: 275, reported genetic divergence from the morphologically similar Crinia signifera. See account by Tyler, 1978, Amph. S. Aust.: 56-57. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 116-117.
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