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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-05-31 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006994b.htm person Littlejohn Murray John FRSV AACR2 26 March 1932 12 October 2024 Place of Birth Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Herpetologist Murray Littlejohn was a herpetologist renowned as a pioneer of bioacoustics, and in the application of audio recording to study of communication in frogs. He made significant contributions to understanding the evolutionary biology of anurans, particularly in southeastern Australia and southern United States; theoretical perspectives on sexual selection, character displacement and the nature of species boundaries; and anuran distribution patterns including historical biogeography. A feature of his research was extensive, long-term and well-documented field work. His wife, Patricia (Patsy) Littlejohn (1932 - 2013) was an enthusiastic collaborator in this field work. Littlejohn was foundation President of the Australian Society of Herpetologists.

Murray Littlejohn joined the Wallaby Club in Melbourne in 1981 and was President 2005-2006. For the last few years of his life he was a non-walking social member.

1950 1950 Career position - Laboratory Assistant, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia 1955 1955 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Western Australia 1958 1958 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Western Australia 1958 1958 Award - Hackett Studentship (Postgraduate), University of Western Australia 1958 1959 Career position - Postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. 1958 1977 Career position - Member, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 1960 1998 Career position - Lecturer (later Associate Professor) in Zoology, University of Melbourne 1965 1969 Career position - Foundation President, Australian Society of Herpetologists 1966 1966 Career position - Senior Fulbright Fellow, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. 1969 1969 Career position - Vice-President, Society for the Study of Evolution 1971 1971 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Western Australia 1971 1972 Career position - Vice-President, Australian Society of Herpetologists 1977 2024 Award - Honorary Foreign Member, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 1982 2024 Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society of Herpetologists 1983 1985 Career position - Head, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1989 1990 Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia 1993 1994 Career position - President, Second World Congress of Herpetology, Adelaide 1997 1997 Career position - Visiting Erskine Fellow in Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 1998 Career position - Principal Fellow, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne 1998 1998 Life event - Retired September 2003 August 2018 Career position - Research Associate, Museum Victoria 2005 2024 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Victoria (FRSV) 2010 2010 Award - Australasian Sound Recording Association Award for Excellence Museum Victoria (1998 - )

Research Associate 2003 - 2018

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Head, Department of Zoology 1983 - 1985

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Fellow 2005 - 2024

 Ecological Society of Australia, Inc (1960 - )

President 1989 - 1990

 Australian Society of Herpetologists (1964 - )

Foundation President 1965 - 1969; Honorary Life Member 1982 - 2024

 'Littlejohn, Murray John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Littlejohn, Murray John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Historical aspects of recording and analysis in anuran bioacoustics Littlejohn, M. J. Historical aspects of recording and analysis in anuran bioacoustics 1998 Bioacoustics: international journal of animal sound and its recording 9 69-80 Journal Article: John A. Moore and Australian Frogs Littlejohn, Murray John A. Moore and Australian Frogs 2009 Australian Society of Herpetologists Newsletter 44 32-5 Journal Article: Dr Murray John Littlejohn 26 March 1932 - 12 October 2024 Martin, Angus Dr Murray John Littlejohn 26 March 1932 - 12 October 2024 2025 Victorian naturalist 142 1 28-30 Journal Article: Murray John Littlejohn and Patricia Gordon (Patsy) Littlejohn Sullivan, Brian K.; Martin, Angus A.; Stewart, Margaret M.; and Fouquette, Martin J. Murray John Littlejohn and Patricia Gordon (Patsy) Littlejohn 2015 Copeia 103 2 467-75