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Frogs illustrated from the Horn expedition to Central Australia

William Horn1896

University of Sydney Library

University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia

Plate 13, flat-headed frog / chiroleptes platycephalus (figure 1), heleioporus pictus (figure 2), ornate burrowing frog / limnodynastes ornatus (figures 3 and 4). Taken from 'Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia' by William Austin Horn and Baldwin Spencer.

The Horn scientific exploring expedition aimed to investigate natural history in Central Australia, and was sponsored by the University of Sydney, the University of Adelaide, and the University of Melbourne, as well as William Austin Horn.

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  • Title: Frogs illustrated from the Horn expedition to Central Australia
  • Creator: William Austin Horn, Baldwin Spencer
  • Date Created: 1896
  • Location Created: London, United Kingdom, Melbourne, Australia
  • Original Language: English
  • Provenance: From the collection of Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer, Edgeworth David.
  • Subject Keywords: Scientific expeditions, Zoology, Central Australia
  • Type: Book
  • Publisher: Melville, Mullen and Slade, Dulau
  • Original Source: University of Sydney Library, RB 1596.49
  • Medium: book, paper
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