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Southern Bell Frog

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Southern Bell Frog, Warty Swamp Frog, Growling Grass Frog, Gold-and-green Frog [also for Litoria aurea]

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Australia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (early 1900s), Not naturalised, Extirpated; S.Group - RR & MG, extirpated; N.Group - absent; Land-freshwater, wetland ponds

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: X Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
X	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Litoria raniformis
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; AMPHIBIA; LISSAMPHIBIA; Anura (Salientia); HYLIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: In the early 1900s hylid frogs were brought from Wellington to Rarotonga and Mangaia to help control mosquitoes. The frogs did not naturalize and are now gone. The northern part of New Zealand has two naturalised hylid-frog, introduced from Australia. Litoria raniformis is the only species in the Wellington area, and was probably the species introduced to the Cook Islands.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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