Neobatrachus fulvus Mahony and Roberts, 1986

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Limnodynastidae > Genus: Neobatrachus > Species: Neobatrachus fulvus

Neobatrachus fulvus Mahony and Roberts, 1986, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 13: 157. Holotype: WAM 52994, by original designation. Type locality: "Exmouth, near North West Cape, WA (21° 56′ S, 114° 07′ E)", Western Australia, Australia.

English Names

Mulga Stubby Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95).

Tawny Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 218).

Tawny Trilling Frog (Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 97; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 94).

Distribution

Central coastal Western Australia from Shark Bay north to the North West Cape.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 97. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 94–95. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 8, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 35, provided a polygon distribution map.

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