Geocrinia

Geocrinia laevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Geocrinia
Species (4): G. laevis – G. leai – G. sparsiflora – G. victoriana

Name

Geocrinia Blake, 1973: 142

• Type species: Pterophrynus laevis Günther, 1864, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Hesperocrinia Wells & Wellington, 1985: 2
  • Type species: Crinia leai Fletcher, 1898, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Blake, A.J.D. 1973. Taxonomy and relationships of myobatrachine frogs (Leptodactylidae): a numerical approach. Australian Journal of Zoology 21(1): 119–149. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9730119 Reference page. 
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Webster, G.N. & Bool, I. 2022. A new genus for four myobatrachid frogs from the South Western Australian Ecoregion. Zootaxa 5154(2): 127–151. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.2.2 Reference page. 
• Parkin, T., Donnellan, S.C., Parkin, B., Shea, G.M. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2023. Phylogeography, hybrid zones and contemporary species boundaries in the south-eastern Australian smooth frogs (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Geocrinia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 189: 107934. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107934 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Ground Froglets