The type locality of the sphagnum frog Philoria loveridgei (Anura: Myobatrachidae)

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by  Glenn Shea

524 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM
THE TYPE LOCALITYOFTHE SPHAGNUM FROG notknowrntooccurfurtherwestin the MacPherson Ranges
Philoria loveridgei (ANURA: MYOBATRACHIDAE). thanLamingtonNationalPark(Sadlier, 1998).
MemoirsoftheQueenslandMuseum51(2):524. 2005:-The It is likely that when visiting Lamington National Park,
Sphagnum Frogs Philoria of N NSW and SE Qld Darlington accessed the area from O’Reilly’s Guest House,
(Kyarranusofsome(authors)w)ererevisedbyKnowlesetal. opened in 1926 and the only regularpoint ofaccess to the
(2004). Using allozyme and mitochondrial nucleotide National Park in March 1932. Access at the timewas via
sequence data supported by multivariate morphological Lahey’s Road, ascending the Cainbable Range from
analyses,theyrecognised5allopatricspecies (2new. Stockyard Creek, a trip taking several hours along a track
Theirmultivariate morphological analyses identified the mostlytravelledbyhorse(Jarrott, 1990).
holotype ofP. loveridgei Parker, 1940 within the range of OtherlocalitiesvisitedbyDarlingtonin 1932are(StoN):
variation of P. richmondensis Knowles et al., 2004 and National Park [= Royal National Park], Megalong Valley,
considered the former's stated type locality “McPherson Blackheath, HartleyVale, Mt Wilson, Salisbury, Barrington
Range, 3-4000 ft., S. Queensland” (Parker, 1940) to be Tops, Dorrigo, Cascade (NSW), Vine Creek, Ravenshoe,
sufficiently imprecise that it could be anywherewithin the MillaaMillaa,LakeBarrine,MtCarbine,MtSpurgeon,Port
extent of either species. Without genetic data from the Stewart, Coen, Lankelly Creek, and Rocky Scrub (Qld)
holotypeoramoreprecisetypelocality,andrecognisingthat (Loveridge, 1934, 1935).NoneofthesearcnearLamington
their multivariate analyses did not completely separate the National Park.
two species, they maintained nomenclatural stability by Without evidence that Darlington collected in the
continuing with P. loveridgei for populations to which the MacPherson Rangesotherthanin LamingtonNational Park,
name had “been traditionally applied” (Knowles et al., andrecognising a lackofaccesstracksbetween Lamington
2004:65), the taxon from the Border Ranges (although P. NationalParkandtheRichmondRange(knowrndistribution
loveridgei has at various times been considered to include ofPrichmondensis),IconsiderthetypeofPloveridgeiwas
moredistantpopulationsnowregardedasdifferenttaxa;e.g., collected in Lamington National Park, within the known
Heatwoleetal., 1995;Cogger,2000;Anstis,2002). range of the species, and not within the distribution ofP.
Parker (1940) did not indicate a collector or date of richmondensis. Topotype material of P loveridgei may
collection for the holotype but did provide a chain of confirmtheidentityofthetypicalpopulation.
evidence, apparently overlooked by Knowles et al. (2004), Acknowledgements
that associatestheholotypewith PhilipJackson Darlington,
with Lamington National Park, andwith furtherspecimens I thank J. Rosado, P.D. Perkins and B.D. Farrell ofthe
fromthetypelocality. Museum ofComparative Zoology, Harvard University, for
Parkernotedthattheholotype(Natural HistoryMuseum, searching for Darlington’s field notes from his 1931-32
London 1947.2.1994)wrasderived from aseries previously Australianvisit,andforprovidingkeyliteraturecitations.
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In his papers on the Australian amphibian and reptile (ReedNewHolland:Sydney).
collections in the MCZ, Loveridge (1934, 1935) noted that Darlington, P.J. 1953. Australian carabid beetles II. Some new
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Darlington in 1932: 9 specimens ofthe skink Eulamprus perspective.(RoyalSocietyofQueensland:StLucia).
tryoni (as Sphenomorphus tryoni) from 3,000-4,000ft 1990. HistoryofLamingtonNational Park. (J.K. Jarrott &Na-
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(1935)asbeingfrom“NationalPark,Q.”Inhisdescriptionof twonewspecies.RecordsoftheAustralianMuseum56:57-74.
thelatter,Loveridge(1933)gavethetypelocalityas“between Loveridge, A. 1933. Four new crinine frogs from Australia.
3,000 and 4,000 feet in the Queensland National Park, OccasionalPapersoftheBostonSocietyofNaturalHistory8:
MacPherson Range, Queensland, collected by Dr. P.J. 55-60.
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Darlington"(P.D. Perkins,pers.comm.). ofComparativeZoologyatHarvardCollege78(1):3-60.
WhileIhavebeenunabletotracediariesforDarlington’s Parker.H.W.TheAustralasian frogsofthefamilyLeptodactylidae.
1931-32 visit (J. Rosado, B.D. Farrell, P.D. Perkins, pers. NovitatesZoologicae42(1): 1-106.
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573-578.
(Jarrott, 1976, 1990). Not only is there clearevidence that
tDyaprelsinigntoLnamcoilnlgetcotendNtahteiAosnsaladPaarrlki,ngbtuotniEualnadmSpertualsistrsyloonaineiis GlennShea,FacultyofVeterinaryScienceB01, Universityof
Sydney, 2006,Australia.