Pseudophryne covacevichae Ingram and Corben, 1994

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Myobatrachidae > Genus: Pseudophryne > Species: Pseudophryne covacevichae

Pseudophryne covacevichae Ingram and Corben, 1994, Mem. Queensland Mus., 37: 267. Holotype: QM J52286, by original designation. Type locality: 'Millstream Falls N[ational]P[ark], adjacent to park entrance, 5.2 km W of Ravenshoe, N[orth]E[ast]Q[ueensland] (145° 22′ 30 E, 17° 38′ 30 S)", Australia.

English Names

Magnificant Brooffrog (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 463; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 132).

Distribution

Known only from the open forest in the Ravenshoe area of northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Most similar to Pseudophryne major according to the original publication. 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: 463. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 132–133. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 40, provided a polygon distribution map.

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