Pseudophryne

Pseudophryne australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myobatrachoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Myobatrachoidea

Familia: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Pseudophryne
Species (14): P. australis – P. bibronii – P. coriacea – P. corroboree – P. covacevichae – P. dendyi – P. douglasi – P. guentheri – P. major – P. occidentalis – P. pengilleyi – P. raveni – P. robinsoni – P. semimarmorata

Name

Pseudophryne Fitzinger, 1843: 32

• Type species: Bombinator australis Gray, 1835, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Bufonella Girard, 1853: 424
  • Type species: Bufonella crucifera Girard, 1853, by monotypy.
• Kankanophryne Heyer & Liem, 1976: 12
  • Type species: Pseudophryne occidentalis Parker, 1940, by original designation.
• Gradwellia Wells & Wellington, 1985: 2
  • Type species: Pseudophryne major Parker, 1940, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Girard, C. 1853. Descriptions of new species of reptiles, collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Second part — including the species of batrachians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 420–424. BHL Reference page. 
• Heyer, W.R. & Liem, D.S. 1976. Analysis of the intergeneric relationships of the Australian frog family Myobatrachidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 233: 1–29. Reference page. 
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shea, G.M. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2018. Resolution of the types and type localities of some early nominal species of the Australian myobatrachid frog genus Pseudophryne Fitzinger, 1843. Zootaxa 4407(1): 51–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Crowned Toadlets

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