| This
genus endemic to Australia contains 6 species.
Heleioporus
Gray, 1841
(Type
= Heleioporus albopunctatus Gray,
1841)
Perialia Gray, 1845
(Type = Perialia eyrei Gray, 1845)
Philocryphus Fletcher, 1894
(Type = Philocryphus flavoguttatus
Fletcher, 1894) |
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| Heleioporus
albopunctatus Gray, 1841
Distribution:
Australia.
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Heleioporus
australiacus (Shaw, 1795)
Bufo
spinipes (Schneider, 1799)
Heleioporus flavoguttatus (Fletcher,
1894)
Philocryphus australiaca (Shaw
& Nodder, 1795)
Philocryphus flavoguttatus Fletcher,
1894
Rana australiaca Shaw & Nodder,
1795
Rana spinipes Schneider, 1799 |
Distribution:
Australia.
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Heleioporus
barycragus Lee, 1967
Philocryphus
barycragus (Lee, 1967) |
Distribution:
Australia.
|
Heleioporus
eyrei (Gray, 1845)
Heleioporus
insularis Loveridge, 1933
Perialia eyrei Gray, 1845
Perialia insularis (Loveridge,
1933) |
Distribution:
Australia.
|
Heleioporus
inornatus Lee & Main, 1954
Perialia
inornatus (Lee & Main, 1954) |
Distribution:
Australia.
|
Heleioporus
psammophilus Lee & Main, 1954
Perialia
psammophilus (Lee & Main, 1954) |
Distribution:
Australia.
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| Literature |
| Berry,
O. 2001. Genetic Evidence for Wide Dispersal by the Sand
Frog, Heleioporus psammophilus (Anura: Myobatrachidae),
in Western Australia. J. Herpetol., 35(1): 136-141. |
| Cogger,
H.G. 1983. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. AH &
AW Reed Pty Ltd, 660 pp. |
Daly, G. 1996. Observations on the Eastern Owl Frog Heleioporus
australiacus (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in southern
New South Wales. Hereptofauna, 26(1): 33-42. |
|
Gillespie, G. 1990. Distribution, habitat and conservation
status of the Giant Burrowing Frog, Heleioporus australiacus
(Myobatrachidae), in Victoria. Vic. Nat., 107(5/6): 144-153. |
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Lee, A.K. & A.R. Main. 1954. Two new species of burrowing
frogs of the genus Helioporus Gray from south-western
Australia. West. Aust. Nat., 4: 156-158. |
| Lemckert,
F., T. Brassil & K. McCray. 1998. Recent Records of
the Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)
from the far South Coast of NSW. Herpetofauna, 28(1):
32-39. |
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Littlejohn, M.J. & A.A. Martin. 1967. The rediscovery
of Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw) (Anura: Leptodactylidae)
in eastern Victoria. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic., 80(1): 31-36. |
|
Recsei, J. 1996. The eastern owl frog, Heleioporus
australiacus. Pp. 55-64. In: Ehmann, H.
(ed.). Threatened Frogs of New South Wales; Habitats,
status and Conservation. Frog and Tadpole Study Group
of NSW. Sydney South, NSW. |
| Shaw,
G. 1802. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History.
Volume III. Part I. Amphibia. G. Kearsley, London, 312
pp. |
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Towerton, A. & F. Lemckert. 2001. A note on two predation
events of the giant burrowing frog, Heleioporus australiacus.
Herpetofauna, 31(1):34-36. |
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Webb, G.A. 1987. A note on the distribution and diet of
the giant burrowing frog, Heleioporus australiacus
(Shaw and Nodder 1795) (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Herpetofauna,
17(2): 20-21. |
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