Giant burrowing frog

Giant burrowing frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Heleioporus
Species:
H. australiacus
Binomial name
Heleioporus australiacus
Shaw & Nodder, 1795
Range of the giant burrowing frog
Synonyms[2]
  • Rana australiaca (Shaw and Nodder, 1795)
  • Rana spinipes (Schneider, 1799)
  • Bufo spinipes (Daudin, 1802)
  • Philocryphus flavoguttatus (Fletcher, 1894)
  • Heleioporus flavoguttatus Fletcher, 1894
  • Philocryphus australiacus (Shaw and Nodder, 1795)

The giant burrowing frog[2][3] or eastern owl frog[1] (Heleioporus australiacus) is a large frog species that occurs in coastal south-east New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It is also known as the owl frog, southern owl frog, spotted owl frog, burrowing owl frog.[4]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Heleioporus australiacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T41046A78436864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T41046A78436864.en. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Consultation Document was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales) (NPWS). Giant burrowing frog (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2005.