Genus
Tamasa
Distant, 1905
Bunyips
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Distribution:
Eastern Australia, from Cape
York Peninsula south to
Ulladulla.
Area of diversity:
North-eastern Australia, with
up to three species found at
several localities.
Locality of highest
diversity:
Kuranda (four
species).
List of species:
Two-toned Bunyip
Tamasa
burgessi
(Distant, 1905)
Boulder Bunyip
Tamasa
caverna
Moulds and Olive,
2014
Dodd’s Bunyip
Tamasa doddi
(Goding and Froggatt, 1904)
Green Bunyip
Tamasa
rainbowi
Ashton, 1912
Brown Bunyip
Tamasa
tristigma
(Germar, 1834)
(species complex)
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Eastern Bunyip (species complex)
Green Bunyip
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