Australian South Frogs

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Australian South Frogs
Crinia signifera

Crinia signifera

Systematics
Row : Land vertebrates (Tetrapoda)
without rank: Amphibians (Lissamphibia)
Order : Frog (anura)
Subordination : Neobatrachia
Superfamily : Myobatrachoid
Family : Australian South Frogs
Scientific name
Myobatrachidae
Schlegel , 1850

Australian southern frogs (Myobatrachidae) are a family of frogs (Anura) native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea . The species are very small to medium-sized frogs ( head-body lengths of two to eleven centimeters) that live on the ground. They belong to the fauna of Australia and occur there in 21 genera and 132 species according to the amphibian system used here . There are species with the aquatic tadpole stage as well as those with direct terrestrial development within the eggs.

Some species lay their eggs in foam masses that they have fabricated themselves and that float on the water. The now extinct gastric breeder frogs ( Rheobatrachus ) exhibited a bizarre form of brood care . The banjo frogs Limnodynastes dumerilii and Limnodynastes dorsalis take their name from the fact that the mating calls of the males sound similar to the strings of a banjo .

As can be observed with almost all frogs worldwide, the populations of the Australian southern frogs are also declining. The reasons for this are still unclear. Explanations are suspected , among other things, the increased UV radiation , a fungal disease or the use of pesticides .

Taxonomy

Foam nest of Atelotus brevis
Assa darlingtoni
Turtle frog ( Myobatrachus gouldii )

The systematic delimitation of the Myobatrachidae is inconsistent. Other than shown here, some authors regard the subfamily Limnodynastinae as a separate family Limnodynastidae. The gastric breeder frogs ( Rheobatrachus ) were originally classified in a separate taxon Rheobatrachidae.

  • Heleioporus australiacus

  • Lechriodus fletcheri

  • Eastern banjo frog ( Limnodynastes dumerilii )

  • Limnodynastes Tasmaniensis

  • Mixophyes fasciolatus

  • Catholic frog ,
    Notaden bennettii

  • Pseudophryne major , underside

  • Taudactylus liemi

  • Uperoleia mimula

literature

  • Günther E. Freytag, Bernhard Grzimek, Oskar Kuhn & Erich Thenius (eds.): Lurche . In: Grzimeks Tierleben, Vol. 5: Fish 2, Lurche. Licensed edition in dtv, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-423-03204-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Darrel R. Frost: Myobatrachidae Schlegel, 1850 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017
  2. ↑ Darrel R. Frost: Limnodynastidae Lynch, 1969 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017

Web links

Commons : Myobatrachidae +/- i. S. v. Myobatrachinae  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Limnodynastidae +/- i. S. v. Limnodynastinae  - collection of images, videos and audio files