Sudell's frog [SEP] parent taxon
Sudell's frog
The Sudell's frog or painted burrowing frog ("Neobatrachus sudelli") is a species of burrowing frog common to a large part of southeastern Australia. It is found on and west of the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales to western Victoria and southern Queensland as well as far eastern South Australia.
Taxonomy.
First described in 1911 by Joseph Lamb (born 1869), the author assigning the name "Heleioporus sudelli". The specific epithet honours "Miss J. Sudell", who collected
. The red-bellied black snake is the most often seen snake in Barmah Forest today, along with tiger snakes and common brown snakes. Carpet pythons favour the drier box forest ridges.
Ecology Fauna Frogs.
Ten species of frogs have been recorded from in or near Barmah Forest. The most common species are the eastern sign-bearing froglet, common eastern froglet, eastern banjo frog, barking frog, spotted marsh frog and Peron's tree frog. Sloane's froglet, Sudell's frog, Bibron's toadlet are present but