Giant burrowing frog

Giant burrowing frog
Scientific 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
  • 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 or eastern owl frog (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.

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