Heleioporus australiacus

Heleioporus australiacus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

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, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 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