Uperoleia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myobatrachoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura Superfamilia: Myobatrachoidea

Familia: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Uperoleia
Species (28): U. altissima – U. arenicola – U. aspera – U. borealis – U. crassa – U. daviesae – U. fusca – U. glandulosa – U. gurrumuli – U. laevigata – U. lithomoda – U. littlejohni – U. mahonyi – U. marmorata – U. martini – U. micra – U. micromeles – U. mimula – U. minima – U. mjobergii – U. orientalis – U. rugosa – U. russelli – U. saxatilis – U. stridera – U. talpa – U. trachyderma – U. tyleri

Name

Uperoleia Gray, 1841: 90

Type species: Uperoleia marmorata Gray, 1841, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Hyperolia — Agassiz, 1846: 384 [unjustified emendation]
Glauertia Loveridge, 1933: 89
- Type species: Glauertia russelli Loveridge, 1933, by monotypy.
Hosmeria Wells & Wellington, 1985: 2
- Type species: Uperoleia marmorata laevigata Keferstein, 1867, by original designation.
Prohartia Wells & Wellington, 1985: 3
- Type species: Pseudophryne fimbrianus Parker, 1926, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1841. Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1 7: 86–91. BHL
Loveridge, A. 1933. A new genus and three new species of crinine frogs from Australia. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 89–94.
Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.

Additional references

Catullo, R.A., Doughty, P., Roberts, J.D. & Keogh, J.S. 2011. Multi-locus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the western arid zone of Australia, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 2902(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2902.1.1 Reference page.
Catullo, R.A. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. Aridification drove repeated episodes of diversification between Australian biomes: Evidence from a multi-locus phylogeny of Australian toadlets (Uperoleia: Myobatrachidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 106–117. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.012 Reference page.
Catullo, R.A., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. A new frog species (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the Northern Deserts region of Australia, with a redescription of U. trachyderma. Zootaxa 3753(3): 251–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.3.4 Reference page.
Catullo, R.A., Lanfear, R., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. The biogeographical boundaries of northern Australia: evidence from ecological niche models and a multi-locus phylogeny of Uperoleia toadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(4): 659–672. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12230 Reference page.
Clulow, S., Anstis, M., Keogh, J.S. & Catullo, R.A. 2016. A new species of Australian frog (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the New South Wales mid-north coast sandplains. Zootaxa 4184(2): 285–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.3 Reference page.
Catullo, R.A. & Keogh, J.S. 2021. Seen only once: an evolutionarily distinct species of Toadlet (Uperoleia: Myobatrachidae) from the Wessel Islands of northern Australia. Zootaxa 5057: 52–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.3 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Australian Toadlets