Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Desert Trilling Frog, Trilling Frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This species often inhabits sparse woodland and Triodia covered sand
hills
. It is associated with sand and clay soils
. It is active
just
before, during and after rainfall. It breeds
in flooded clay
pans
after summer and autumn rains. Details of spawn
and tadpoles
are
not known. In "Habitat
preferences" "other" refers to "clay pans".
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 8 Desert
- 8.1 Desert - Hot
- 8.2 Desert - Temperate
- 17 Other [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
- 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:
Neobatrachus
()
- Peters, 1863
- Specific name:
centralis
- (Parker, 1940)
- Scientific name: - Neobatrachus centralis (Parker, 1940)
- Specific name:
centralis
- (Parker, 1940)
- Genus:
Neobatrachus
(
- Family:
Limnodynastidae
(
- Superfamily:
Myobatrachoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Parker, H. W. Undescribed anatomical structures
and new species of reptiles
and amphibians
. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
(11) 5: 257-274, 1940.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Roberts (1997) suggested that this species is a synonym of Neobatrachus
sudelli.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Neobatrachus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. albipes (White-Footed Frog) · N. aquilonius (Northern Burrowing Frog) · N. centralis (Desert Trilling Frog) · N. fulvus (Tawny Frog) · N. kunapalari (Kunapalari Frog) · N. pelobatoides (Humming Frog) · N. pictus (Painted Burrowing Frog) · N. sudelli (Common Spadefoot Toad) · N. sutor (Shoemaker Frog) · N. wilsmorei (Goldfield's Bull Frog)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hero, J.-M. & Roberts, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts 2004. Neobatrachus centralis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29787
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663962
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14459992
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663962
- IUCN ID: 226148
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 151197
Footnotes
- Jean-Marc Hero, Dale Roberts 2004. Neobatrachus centralis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
