.::::: Salientia of the World - Myobatrachidae - Geocrinia :::::.
Last update: 7 May, 2004

This genus is endemic to Australia and contains 7 species.

Geocrinia alba Wardell-Johnson & Roberts, 1989

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia laevis (Günther, 1864)

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia leai (Fletcher, 1898)

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia lutea (Main, 1963)

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia rosea (Harrison, 1927)

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia victoriana (Boulenger, 1898)

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia vitellina Wardell-Johnson & Roberts, 1989

Distribution: Australia.

Geocrinia victoriana - eggs
© Nathan Litjens
Geocrinia victoriana
© Nathan Litjens
Literature
Cogger, H.G. 1983. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd, 660 pp.
Driscoll, D.A. 1998. Count of Calling Males as Estimates of Population Size in the Endangered Frogs Geocrinia alba and G. vitellina. J. Herpetol., 32(4): 475-481.
Goolman, B. & G. Gollman. 1996. Geographic variation of larval traits in the Australian frog Geocrinia victoriana. Herpetologica, 52: 181-187.
Littlejohn, M.J. & P.A. Harrison. 1980. Acoustic Communication in Geocrinia victoriana (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Pp. 6. In: Banks, C.B. & A.A. Martin (eds.). Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium. Royal Melbourne Zool. Gard., Victoria, 199 pp.
Read, K., J.S. Keogh, I.A.W. Scott, J.D. Roberts & P. Doughty. 2002. Molecular Phylogeny of the Australian Frog Genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and Allied Taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Mol. Phyl. Evol., 21(2): 294-308.
Roberts, J.D. & G. Wardell-Johnson. 1995. Call differences between peripheral isolates of the Geocrinia rosea complex (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in southwestern Australia. Copeia, 1995: 899-906.