The kind Geocrinia gathers several species S of Grenouille S of the family of the endemic Myobatrachidae S in the south-east or the south-west of the Australia.
These frogs were initially classified in the kind Crinia. The studies however showed notable differences between these two kinds namely: The Geocrinia have a body slightly more robust, a smoother skin on the belly than the Crinia and over all, they do not lay in water. Some species of Geocrinia pass all their development of tétard in egg while others hatch when precipitations are sufficient to complete their development in water.
Five of the seven species of Geocrinia live in Western Australia while the two others are in the south-east of Australia.
Geocrinia alba is a species considered as in danger in consequence of the disappearance of its habitat because of the development of wine industry in Western Australia.
List species
- Geocrinia alba Wardell-Johnson and Roberts, 1989.
- Geocrinia laevis (Günther, 1864).
- Geocrinia leai (Fletcher, 1898).
- Geocrinia lutea (Hand, 1963).
- Geocrinia rosea (Harrison, 1927).
- Geocrinia victoriana (Boulenger, 1888). HTTP: /www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/frog/images/victlive3.htm photograph
- Geocrinia vitellina Wardell-Johnson and Roberts, 1989.
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