Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Beeping Froglet, Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet, Plains Froglet
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This species occurs in seasonally dry areas in forest
, woodland and
grassland habitat
, it is also moderately common in disturbed
habitat.
It is often found beneath
debris
at the edge
of swamps
and ponds
.
It breeds
in shallow ephemeral
water, including inundated drainage
ditches. Calling can be heard from Autumn to Spring
. Males call
around
permanent ponds and pools
in streams
. Breeding takes place in mid-winter
and tadpoles
take 11-12 weeks to develop.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist
- 4 Grassland
- 4.6 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches [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
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Myobatrachoidea
()
- Schlegel, 1850
- Family:
Myobatrachidae
()
- (Schlegel, in Gray, 1850)
- Genus:
Crinia
()
- Tschudi, 1838
- Specific name:
parinsignifera
- Main, 1957
- Scientific name: - Crinia parinsignifera Main, 1957
- Specific name:
parinsignifera
- Main, 1957
- Genus:
Crinia
(
- Family:
Myobatrachidae
(
- Superfamily:
Myobatrachoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- 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
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Crinia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. bilingua (Bilingual Frog) · C. deserticola (Desert Froglet) · C. georgiana (Australian Frog) · C. glauerti (Glauert's Froglet) · C. insignifera (Sign-Bearing Froglet) · C. nimbus (Moss Froglet) · C. parinsignifera (Beeping Froglet) · C. pseudinsignifera (False Western Froglet) · C. remota (Remote Froglet) · C. riparia (Streambank Froglet) · C. signifera (Brown Froglet) · C. sloanei (Sloane's Froglet) · C. subinsignifera (Small Western Froglet) · C. tasmaniensis (Tasmanian Froglet) · C. tinnula (Tinkling Froglet)
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 222, p. 225, p. 86, p. 87.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 260, p. 264.
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 February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Hero, J.-M., Clarke, J., Meyer, E., Robertson, P. & Lemckert, F. 2004. Crinia parinsignifera. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Jean-Marc Hero, John Clarke, Ed Meyer, Peter Robertson, Frank Lemckert 2004. Crinia parinsignifera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- 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 February 29, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29734
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664667
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13747798
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664667
- IUCN ID: 202717
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132381
Footnotes
- Jean-Marc Hero, John Clarke, Ed Meyer, Peter Robertson, Frank Lemckert 2004. Crinia parinsignifera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
