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See Appendix 1.
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Although
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included specimens from within the geographic range of
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in their paper, their description of
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series (n=14), which were all collected from Alligator Gorge. Consequently we do not redescribe
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herein.
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Using the back pattern polymorphism nomenclature characteristic of some species of the
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complex (
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) the dorsal pattern ranges from lyrate to intermediate to smooth [i.e. unpatterned] (
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). In a sample of 36 preserved individuals from across the species range, the proportion of individuals with a lyrate pattern was 39%, with an intermediate pattern 17% and with the smooth pattern 17% (27% of specimens were too faded to determine the back pattern). Ventral patterns vary considerably (
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). In specimens from the southern end of the range, the abdomen has a white background with large highly contrasting black marks and patches, while in the rest of the range the background tends to be cream and the darker marks are smaller, greyer and more numerous.
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Mating calls of a series of males from Alligator Gorge are presented in
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC551D37FF6FFBD1FE25D743" bold="true" box="[199,437,1121,1145]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" reason="1">Larval morphology.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA8E4A0DC551D37FE14FBD1FD6ED743" author="Littlejohn, M. J. &amp; Martin, A. A." box="[444,766,1121,1145]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="319 - 324" refId="ref10029" refString="Littlejohn, M. J. &amp; Martin, A. A. (1965) A new species of Crinia (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from South Australia. Copeia, 1965, 319 - 324." type="journal article" year="1965">Littlejohn and Martin (1965)</bibRefCitation>
described the larvae of
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC551D37FBA3FBD1FBEBD743" box="[1035,1147,1121,1145]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">C. riparia</emphasis>
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from Alligator Gorge but did not have material available beyond stage 28. The larvae we examined from Alligator Gorge showed very little variation in pigment or in the oral disc and matched the description of the
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material in pigment and features of the oral disc. Larvae from a creek at Horrocks Pass were lighter golden-brown in colour (with a few diffuse darker patches on one) after anaesthetisation in warmer water prior to photography. These would likely turn darker in the cold, clear water of the creek.
</paragraph>
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Larvae from Alligator Gorge (n=18) and Horrocks Pass (n=3) are described. Maximum length was
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, with a minimum body length of
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(stage 36, Horrocks Pass). The tail is slightly more than twice body length (
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). Body small, streamlined, often broadest across gill region and abdomen slightly wider than deep. Snout broadly rounded in dorsal view, elongate and narrowly rounded in profile. Eyes dorsolateral with a dorsal tilt. Iris mostly golden with a gold ring around pupil and a V-shaped projection (umbraculum) in centre of dorsal edge. Nares small, moderately spaced, closer to eyes than tip of snout and open mainly dorsally with a small raised flap on inside rim. Spiracle visible from above, tapers slightly to dorsoposterior opening below horizontal body axis and posterior to midpoint. Vent tube dextral, broad, opens midway up ventral fin and mostly unattached to fin behind.
</paragraph>
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Dorsum and sides of body (Alligator Gorge) mostly uniform dark brown or black with a diffuse layer of fine copper iridophores (denser laterally) over all but a small darker patch over base of body. Three larvae photographed from Horrocks Pass were lighter golden-brown, one with small, diffuse darker patches over dorsum and tail muscle (
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). Body wall around sides of head and body transparent in earlier stages, increasingly pigmented with melanophores as larva grows. By stage 41, hind limbs are banded and diffuse darker markings of adult are visible. Small dorsal tubercles present in some. Venter dark over abdomen, clearer anteriorly with fine specks of iridophores increasing during larval growth, but never dense (Alligator Gorge). Larvae from Horrocks Pass had a more uniform layer of copper sheen over abdomen.
</paragraph>
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Larvae are known to metamorphose in the field in spring (late October to November), but depending on weather conditions, some may do so in December. Metamorphs are miniatures of adults with variable dorsal patterns. The undersurface is translucent dark grey with finely scattered whitish granulation. Mean SVL of eight metamorphs from Alligator Gorge is
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(9.711.4).
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FF6FFF6FFEBAD3C2" bold="true" box="[199,298,223,248]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="1">Habitat.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA8E4A0DC561D34FE9AFF6FFDCAD3CD" author="Odendaal, F. &amp; Bull, C. M." box="[306,602,223,247]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" pagination="49 - 57" refId="ref10251" refString="Odendaal, F. &amp; Bull, C. M. (1982) A parapatric boundary between Ranidella signifera and R. riparia (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in South Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 30, 49 - 57." type="journal article" year="1982">Odendaal and Bull (1982)</bibRefCitation>
describe the habitat of
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FCCFFF50FC48D3CD" box="[871,984,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. riparia</emphasis>
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in detail. The range of
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FB4FFF50FAC8D3CD" box="[1255,1368,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. riparia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
abuts the range of
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FE8BFEB4FE36D226" box="[291,422,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. signifera</emphasis>
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along a north-south axis of the southern Flinders Ranges with a narrow zone of overlap on the eastern slopes of the ranges or through the middle of the ranges before the creeks flow down the western slopes. Creeks occupied by
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FED2FEFCFE7AD25E" box="[378,490,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. riparia</emphasis>
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tend to have much steeper slopes, swifter water flow and less vegetation than creeks occupied by
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FE8EFEC0FE3AD2B2" box="[294,426,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. signifera</emphasis>
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in the southern Flinders Ranges.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B869951DC561D34FF6FFE24FCC2D12D" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,535]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Larvae are lotic and benthic, hiding among rocks and leaf litter on the substrate where they graze on sediments in gravel and algae on rocks. They often lie on rocks in stream pools or in shallow water at the sides among smaller stones and can swim rapidly undercover if disturbed. With their broad, more elongate and depressed body, wide adherent oral disc and shallow fins, larvae are stream-adapted.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8B869951DC561D34FF3FF80EFB17D4C9" blockId="14.[151,1436,1982,2036]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FF3FF80EFE83D4EF" bold="true" box="[151,275,1982,2005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Photos in life of
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FE6CF80FFDC5D4EE" box="[452,597,1983,2005]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Crinia riparia</emphasis>
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from
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Alligator Gorge,
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FCD2F80EFC05D4EF" bold="true" box="[890,917,1982,2005]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C)</emphasis>
Horrocks Pass; and
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FBC6F80FFA9CD4EF" box="[1134,1292,1983,2005]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">C. flindersensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FABBF80FFACED4EE" bold="true" box="[1299,1374,1983,2004]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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from
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Bunyeroo Gorge (SAMA R62991),
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FD8CF86DFDADD4CE" bold="true" box="[548,573,2013,2036]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">E)</emphasis>
4.5k NNE Freeling Heights (P. Canty),
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC561D34FC7BF86DFC7AD4CE" bold="true" box="[979,1002,2013,2036]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">F)</emphasis>
Warren Gorge.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FF3FF8F2FE8FD463" bold="true" box="[151,287,1858,1881]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Photos of ventral patterns of live
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FD4CF8F2FD6ED463" bold="true" box="[740,766,1858,1881]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A)</emphasis>
Mambray Creek (H. Cogger),
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Horrocks Pass;
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FB56F8F3FA0CD463" box="[1278,1436,1859,1881]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C. flindersensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FF3FF8D2FF71D44D" bold="true" box="[151,225,1890,1911]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FF45F8D1FEB3D442" bold="true" box="[237,291,1889,1912]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">C-D)</emphasis>
Warren Gorge,
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FE6CF8D1FE4DD442" bold="true" box="[452,477,1889,1912]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">E)</emphasis>
11.4km NE Perawilla Spring,
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FCBBF8D1FCBAD442" bold="true" box="[787,810,1889,1912]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">F)</emphasis>
Wilpena Pound (H. Ehmann),
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FBCAF8D1FBEED442" bold="true" box="[1122,1150,1889,1912]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">G)</emphasis>
Bunyeroo Gorge,
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC571D35FA92F8D1FAC6D442" bold="true" box="[1338,1366,1889,1912]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">H)</emphasis>
0.3km NE Narrina Springs.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C323CADADC481D2AFF6FFF27FB5AD3EE" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B869951DC481D2AFF6FFF27FB5AD3EE" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,572]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFF6FFF27FEF0D38A" bold="true" box="[199,352,151,176]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" reason="1">Distribution.</emphasis>
The Southern Flinders Ranges from Mt Brown Conservation Park
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S of Quorn (
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,
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) in the north to Napperby Gorge (
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,
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) in the south.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C323CADADC481D2AFF6FFF50FCE1D106" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B869951DC481D2AFF6FFF50FCE1D106" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,572]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFF6FFF50FEABD3C2" bold="true" box="[199,315,224,248]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species identity of a collection (SAMA R13609A-G) from
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south-east Bagalowie Homestead, north-east of Carrieton (
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,
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) collected in
<date id="FF87BF91DC481D2AFBBDFEB4FB18D226" box="[1045,1160,260,284]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="1973-05">May 1973</date>
requires some comment (see
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). This location is
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further east than any record of the
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFC63FE98FBADD205" box="[971,1085,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C. riparia</emphasis>
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complex in the main Flinders Ranges and from an area where either member of the
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFD51FEFCFCFBD25E" box="[761,875,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C. riparia</emphasis>
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complex could be present. From an inspection of dorsal and ventral patterns and body size, the specimens clearly do not conform with
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFBD2FEC0FA90D2B2" box="[1146,1280,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C. signifera</emphasis>
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, the taxon to which they would intuitively most likely belong. The locality would seem unlikely habitat for a member of the
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFA2AFE24FF76D2F5" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C. riparia</emphasis>
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complex as it is in relatively low relief ranges. We do note however a record of
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<emphasis id="B94D4543DC481D2AFB20FE08FAA7D2EA" box="[1160,1335,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C. flindersensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(SAMA R64562) about
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east of the Flinders Ranges on the flood plain of the Big John Creek (
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,
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). In the absence of molecular genetic data or information on larval morphology we are not able ascertain the species identity of the Bagalowie Homestead series.
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