Heleioporus australiacus

Heleioporus australiacus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Heleioporus
Species: Heleioporus australiacus

Name

Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)

Type locality: "New Holland" (= Australia).

Holotype: "original description based on drawing sent from Australia".

Synonyms

• Rana australiaca Shaw & Nodder, 1795
• Rana spinipes Schneider, 1799
• Rana australiensis — Daudin, 1802
• Bufo spinipes — Daudin, 1802
• Philocryphus flavoguttatus Fletcher, 1894
• Heleioporus flavoguttatus — Fletcher, 1898
• Philocryphus australiacus — Fry, 1915
• Heleioporus australiacus — Moore, 1961

References

• Shaw and Nodder, 1795, Nat. Miscell., 6(Part 2): pl. 200.
• Moore, 1961, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 121: 182.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Heleioporus australiacus . Accessed on 06 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Heleioporus australiacus (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 06 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Giant Burrowing Frog, Eastern Owl Frog
polski: Zagrzebnica wielka