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Giant burrowing frog
Conservation status
Giant burrowing frog
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 Hero, J.-M.; Lemckert, F.; Gillespie, G.; Robertson, P.; Littlejohn, M. (2004). "Heleioporus australiacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41046A10393601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T41046A10393601.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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.

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