Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Giant Burrowing Frog, Royal National Park, NSW, Australia
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Giant burrowing frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:18:27.102523+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
- Name authority
- (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Limnodynastidae
- Genus
- Heleioporus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- superfamilyMyobatrachoidea Schlegel, 1850
- familyLimnodynastidae Lynch, 1969
- genusHeleioporus Gray, 1841
- speciesHeleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Heleioporus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Heleioporus eyrei (Gray, 1845) | LimnodynastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heleioporus inornatus Lee & Main, 1954 | LimnodynastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heleioporus psammophilus Lee & Main, 1954 | LimnodynastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heleioporus albopunctatus Gray, 1841 | LimnodynastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heleioporus barycragus Lee, 1967 | LimnodynastidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Heleioporus flavoguttatus (Fletcher, 1894) (Fletcher, 1894) | synonym |
| Philocryphus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795) (Shaw & Nodder, 1795) | synonym |
| Philocryphus flavoguttatus Fletcher, 1894 Fletcher, 1894 | synonym |
| Rana australensis Shaw & Nodder, 1795 Shaw & Nodder, 1795 | synonym |
| Rana australiaca Shaw & Nodder, 1795 Shaw & Nodder, 1795 | synonym |
| Rana spinipes Schneider, 1799 Schneider, 1799 | synonym |
| Heleioporus australiacus flavopunctatus Mahony, Penman, Bertozzi, Lemckert, Bilney & Donnellan, 2021 Mahony, Penman, Bertozzi, Lemckert, Bilney & Donnellan, 2021 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=663926 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3K4FC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.