Mixophyes fleayi Corben and Ingram, 1987

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Myobatrachidae > Genus: Mixophyes > Species: Mixophyes fleayi

Mixophyes fleayi Corben and Ingram, 1987, Mem. Queensland Mus., 25: 233. Holotype: QM J26901, by original designation. Type locality: "Ballanjui Cascades, Lamington National Park (28° 12′ S, 153° 05′ E), SE Queensland", Australia.

English Names

Fleay's Barred-Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 126).

Queensland Barred Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 94; Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 232).

Distribution

Montane rainforests from the Conondale Range, southeastern Queensland, to the Richmond Range, northeastern New South Wales, Australia, 200–400 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

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: 422. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 126–127. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 34, provided a polygon distribution map.

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