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i MEMOIRSOFTHEQUEENSLANDMUSEUM 348 NKW RECORDS OF THE RARE GRKEN-THIGHED nodynastt-s peruni were heard. Within ten days, there wa—s no mXl.Memoirs of the Queen.*:land Museum 33{1*): 3$9, follow-uprainandthedepressionbecamecompletelydry all /°9.v- The Green-ihighed FrOg {Lituriu brevipahnata) is a tadpolesapparendyperishing, mysterious frog, populations of which apparently suddenly Fn>m21 November J992 to 5January IV93, sonicrainfell appearanddisappearuialocality—sometimesthe 'absence-;' inh'irmuentty hut notenoughtoproduceany significantbog are for many years iTyler & Davie, 198$), These activity However,onsomeoccasion*;thesefallswere ;,. disappearances, however, do not appear tta be pari Di (he punied by, or qmckjy succeeded by, Strong breezes ami il is phenomenon of the 'disappearing frog,' (sensu Czechurn & possible Ihe aceonipanymg noise hid the sound; ot calling Ingram. 1991)becauseihespeciesi$ SliU e\umt frogs. From I January' 1993, rainfall wasrecorded nearRic's Until recently, the Grecn-thighcd prog was known fmm Ditch On the evening o1 4 lanttai very brief :- p only t•hareespife2ociWmeEn)ailiinndI !aQrnuooewte$hnesrNlefasnrtdo.mNaKMlactvoDneoannlsahlPoadurkm|eiN'NaPtio6n2a&l cspttreoonrdimutcoreedpsur0lo.tde6udmceimnf&3rne0dem-omsnt.atnhAdetinnRgeixcwtaaisletDrei.riacAhp,a3n0fmrmomWaHShnienlJsaunfiftial Park (NP 492:.27'a2.l*.S,,I'. .I.. ITS later, the fromjNaked Treelrue{Lin»> 9"S, I5J'J?7'L:> was die Red-baeked Broodftroj [Pse* 01 . I&7&) and in 1983 Chn< Corben collected two with about 30 frogs lhal called Ifrom small, n ;pecim] ciKland Museum (QM] M2154, 42133) ftlSQ very porous substrate in Ml these records arc from monnr.e n-unUy. Sccimd eolk-etiun,6Janiiarv I^J r;>-Rierhcie2n.b7til-3yg6r'Sut,hneeIIht5lse2eoa»ncutied3oundtsrgTeBca)aon.urditdRrowlsciCOtltlrfeiCtthBei ins! cot-sVuue]olI,naEmnes:. cjaifliIallnilniogHhfieAe4iWsk8.1lo..D5aianmtfocmlhte.haren|rndA,w.bmnoha.;uylatne8ov.a-ii0Wega0doiiprmoo,unsn-c21ll\eocutNedidocvh(coQmruMhseioiI!Sri7fJt2m9'89geSs2S)ulCtwAeTeUdhrIieeCn . d again andGang Toads werealso abscnl First cnllcclinn, 21 November 1W*2 I"he ne\' day wasnvetCftSl Withoccasional very AfWonyajooi reel i ::. wiMili^! i i '.in was Falling at about 7.30pm when R{cT( Ifl i | 1 30pmandhy5.00pmtherewereradio revisit ' i were about twice a*, many male- repons oflocal flooding Kam then reduced to aslcad .' ogscairtngeopiparediorTicnightbcfofeand-a . falil.nwiith,0ia0tpemnriii- U",-^ IL-ishaped dejpi ' iicp'ssb'e"g'iatcnh'^), mi hnImbessheawlleorweWmautcehr cAlsosbeerfotroet,henowafteemarlew:idioneabouIt 10' some 40m in li .; .. I some An immediate visitwasmadetotiic nfei | hiri 3DniVfointhemai tine FromptevJtnwe*pei m Creek :-om , , md observao.n oadu al depressionueeafTR:ancphem i rain.On(he i .. . ii hi frog fenna wa n . rdci (fay befi " i had fallen in thi I ion and Liwria iuuura ani msi$nifcrv wi mg but noi l i _ water By open eras- En a mclalcU( i were Lim- I I ..|"' A85ci . 'i natfyncu AwMJlariatlefaoju, In Ih mcdeepest point .it Ihe tfcprcssion- Fern(IPn-riJiumcsculenlum)the DuskyGt Amongst the extremely loud ChOftJS of -j large number trf fuSV(t) Wa8 «eeorded. However, tfc in 'jnl'amihai call washeard Thi8 proved in belong 10 a trigovera Wide ac.-.t the Gre I m.. i | mate L brevtpulrrult&i which was immediate! id (QM Sinec I .mm M' mill row f72 rco [568J3). Severn) inore calling mates weie uhsurvnd but not ted Prog ha:, not been mel with at 'w,, collected and, judging dom then ou Imales were ilespile rcpe. 1 i 1 at tbe silt-; n<> fentiflu* were observed. Typical Literaturecited ... reinleaflitteraboutf) I i i >mthewatersedge.Nd i.ura,GA'. !' *V Uvahty fori. tom.r,UeCfut!ru.i.i"L rutwU.Hi.i»viviAeeersleirntrltoiuInV'doteosirnwei roea<..a.lsio.,I ..... "^I''I|/!wuo\..ini..wia|s cI,n.gercacIVh;m.iui".c.sincati*GlTo,JiG,thveiSlt^aippg^raarmin^fr, ';-\<_ i .-, .'Musi M^/"wnJie3trCfiandthe Keen well away frtuji Ihe Ulc on i3 nearby veiled road, none name*; to, Quee 4tts 3V was heard calling or seen in Uie depression despite wtlftl J24. ap,ihpypgTlerhlaoerfuoenrvddeesgiteoctpfarvitietiihonu"s'SpUaetrxfsaeor,UidnpcirdneMgbdgeocrmobRinlsnCda'atsInedlOyiguarhcaascsii>easo.upnCQdHeorsdsretyrorSctCyoEatTnhCde MicDo.naM:lJdfi.,biiacK&te.nr.KasDlcaavhti1iwe9d-7-ya4.rm.pViwMUitivhri|ta9on85list.ThKecrpgacsttorti'*cauAbn.rn-aa7id''d'i-ItSihoinnet,o creek-line thVeirtenpihsorath—e]avy infestualtianiuimomfmCChtiinmepsheorIa)I,ma dense -ihrnann. )t ipp tonyj.ofAwelralaxhihI understore;, n inaUl\Ujntano comura)anda variffl AEX). Nottruss. 25 H'Virv./.ji. Court, Beilblrd Park. native >peciexthatformdepauperate,dry rrunf'i Queemlam ram.Queens NoD ember)o,bsaelrtvheoduagthichaelsljste< o!nMe(hfeottwuoAFborlefvcilswianngdrnUethnLs Muyetttn. FO BoJx2A/.JV\. ' '' ...i