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Limnodynastidae, commonly known as the Australian ground frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands. They were formerly considered a subfamily of the Myobatrachidae , the other large radiation of terrestrial frogs in Australia, but are now considered a distinct family.
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea.Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12 cm (4.7 in) in length.
Myobatrachus is a genus of frogs found in Western Australia.It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Myobatrachus gouldii, also known as the turtle frog.It gets its name from the resemblance to a shell-less chelonian, which is a type of turtle.
The tree frogs of Australia have various habits, from completely arboreal to fossorial. The other major family native to Australia is Myobatrachidae, consisting of 17 to 22 genera and 112 species. Myobatrachidae is endemic to Australia, New Guinea and a few small islands, however the highest diversity can be found in Australia. [18]
The Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea/Litoria caerulea), also known as simply green tree frog in Australia, White's tree frog, or dumpy tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in the United States and New Zealand, though the latter is believed to have died out.
The rattling froglet was first described by Arthur Loveridge, a curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. [2] The species was described from a holotype female collected by Dr Philip Jackson Darlington Jr. at the Mundaring Weir near Perth in southwestern Australia, as part of the Harvard Australian Expedition (1931–1932).
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