Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793) . Zool. New Holland, 1: 5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: E. Queensland to S.E. South Australia, inland to Deniliquin, New South Wales.

COMMENT: Tate, 1938, Novit. Zool., 41:60, believed the single specimen (of A. pulchellus which is considered a synonym of pygmaeus) obtained in N. W. New Guinea was probably an introduction as a pet (ACZ).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402008001001001.