Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Banjo Frog, Eastern Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk
Description
Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 284 meters (930 feet).[1]
Ecology:
The species frequents all habitats
except alpine
areas, rainforest
and extremely arid
zones. It is found commonly in suburban gardens,
dams and swamps
. It burrows in loamy soils and forages
on the surface
after rain. It breeds
in dams, small lakes
, marshes and slow-flowing
streams
. From August to April males may travel up to 1km to breeding
sites. Males call
in concealed positions, usually in floating vegetation.
Up to 4,000 eggs
are laid in a floating foam nest
. In warm weather
they complete
development in 4-5 months, in cold weather development
may take 12-15 months.[2].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Myobatrachoidea
()
- Schlegel, 1850
- Family:
Limnodynastidae
()
- (J.D. Lynch, 1969)
- Genus:
Limnodynastes
()
- Fitzinger, 1843
- Specific name:
dumerilii
- Peters, 1863
- Scientific name: - Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863
- Specific name:
dumerilii
- Peters, 1863
- Genus:
Limnodynastes
(
- Family:
Limnodynastidae
(
- Superfamily:
Myobatrachoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Limnodynastes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. convexiusculus (Marbled Frog) · L. depressus (Flat-Headed Frog) · L. dorsalis (Banjo Frog) · L. dumerilii (Banjo Frog) · L. dumerilii insularis (Southern Bullfrog) · L. fletcheri (Barking Frog) · L. interioris (Giant Banjo Frog) · L. lignarius (Woodworker Frog) · L. ornatus (Ornate Burrowing Frog) · L. peronii (Brown Frog) · L. salmini (Salmon-Striped Frog) · L. spenceri (Sandy Burrowing Frog) · L. tasmaniensis (Spotted Grass Frog) · L. terraereginae (Northern Banjo Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 107.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 478.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Jean-Marc Hero, Peter Brown, Ed Meyer, Frank Lemckert, Peter Robertson, John Clarke 2004. Limnodynastes dumerilii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Yale University Peabody Museum, Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29767
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663944
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13779245
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663944
- IUCN ID: 219503
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 151154
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 339.860 based on 381 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Jean-Marc Hero, Peter Brown, Ed Meyer, Frank Lemckert, Peter Robertson, John Clarke 2004. Limnodynastes dumerilii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
