Heleioporus barycragus Lee, 1967
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The hooting frog (Heleioporus barycragus) is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae.
It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and intermittent rivers.
The hooting frog is the largest member of the genus Heleioporus found in Western Australia. Like all west Australian species it breeds in late autumn and winter, calling from a burrow in which the female later deposits a foamy egg mass. Males excavate burrows in the banks of bottom of dry watercourses, usually lateritic clay based streams of the Darling Range.
The hooting frog was found to have travelled to Minden, QLD. (2021)
barycragus means 'deep-voiced' in reference to the low 'hooting' call that also gives its common name. While it is also known as the western marsh frog, this name is confusing as the species does not occur in or near marshes, and may be confused with the species Limnodynastes dorsalis.
Wikipedia contributors, Hooting 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 barycragus Lee, 1967
- Name authority
- Lee, 1967
- 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 barycragus Lee, 1967
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 australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Philocryphus barycragus (Lee, 1967) (Lee, 1967) | 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=663927 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:3K4FD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.