Uperoleia

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Uperoleia
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Tyler's toadlet, Uperoleia tyleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Uperoleia
Gray, 1841
Species

See text.

Synonyms [1]

Hyperolia — unjustified emendation
GlauertiaLoveridge, 1933
HosmeriaWells and Wellington, 1985
ProhartiaWells and Wellington, 1985

Uperoleia is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. They are native to northern and eastern Australia and southern lowlands of New Guinea. [1] These are small squat frogs, more commonly known as "toadlets". They have glandular skin, often with a pair of raised glands behind each eye, or on the flanks.

They have bumpy, rough skin giving them the appearance of a small toad, hence the name "toadlet", although they are often called "gungans" in Queensland. There are two distinct types of calls—Uperoleia species make either a "click" or a "squelch". Generally, the "clicking" Uperoleia have long thin inguinal glands that run along the dorsal surface, while the "squelching" Uperoleia have round inguinal glands restricted to the posterior half of the dorsal surface. It is unusual to find more than one species of "clickers" or "squelchers" in the same location, although finding one of each is quite frequent in northern Australia. The species in this genus show great similarities in body shape and colouration making them difficult to tell apart. Call analysis is often required to confirm identification.[ citation needed ] This genus is the largest of any in the family Myobatrachidae. [2] [3]

Clicking Uperoleia include U. glandulosa, U. aspera, U. minima, U. trachyderma, U. lithomoda, U. littlejohni, U. altissima, U. mimula, and U. rugosa. The squelching Uperoleia include U. russelli, U. saxatilis, U. talpa, U. borealis, U. crassa, and U. inundata. The eastern species U. laevigata, U. fusca, U. tyleri, and U. martini are also squelchers, but are distantly related. The species U. mjobergi, U. micromeles, U. micra, and U. daviesae are distinct from these other groups. [2]

Species

Following the Amphibian Species of the World, there are 29 species: [4]

Common nameBinomial name
Montane toadlet Uperoleia altissima
Davies, Watson, McDonald, Trenerry & Werren, 1993
Jabiru toadlet Uperoleia arenicolaTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Derby toadlet Uperoleia aspera(Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Northern toadlet Uperoleia borealisTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Fat toadlet Uperoleia crassaTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Howard Springs toadlet Uperoleia daviesaeYoung, Tyler & Kent, 2005
Dusky toadlet Uperoleia fuscaDavies, McDonald & Corben, 1986
Glandular toadlet Uperoleia glandulosaDavies, Mahony & Roberts, 1985
Gurrumul's toadlet Uperoleia gurrumuliCatullo & Keogh, 2021
Flood plain toadlet Uperoleia inundataTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Smooth toadlet Uperoleia laevigataKeferstein, 1867
Stonemason's toadlet Uperoleia lithomodaTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Littlejohn's toadlet Uperoleia littlejohniDavies, McDonald & Corben, 1986
Mahony's toadlet Uperoleia mahonyi Clulow, Anstis, Keogh, and Catullo, 2016
Marbled toadlet, yellow-spotted toadletUperoleia marmorataGray, 1841
Martin's toadlet Uperoleia martiniDavies & Littlejohn, 1986
Tiny toadlet Uperoleia micraDoughty and Roberts, 2008
Tanami toadlet Uperoleia micromelesTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Mimic toadlet Uperoleia mimulaDavies, McDonald & Corben, 1986
Small toadlet Uperoleia minimaTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Mjoberg's toadlet Uperoleia mjobergi(Andersson, 1913)
Alexandria toadlet Uperoleia orientalis(Parker, 1940)
Wrinkled toadlet, red-groined toadletUperoleia rugosa(Andersson, 1916)
Russell's toadlet Uperoleia russelli(Loveridge, 1933)
Pilbara toadlet Uperoleia saxatilisCatullo et al., 2011 [2]
Ratcheting toadlet Uperoleia stridera Catullo, Doughty, and Keogh, 2014
Mole toadlet Uperoleia talpaTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Blacksoil toadlet Uperoleia trachydermaTyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Tyler's toadlet Uperoleia tyleriDavies & Littlejohn, 1986)

Note that the AmphibiaWeb recognizes the small-headed toadlet (Uperoleia capitulataDavies, McDonald & Corben, 1986), [5] a species that the Amphibian Species of the World, following Catullo and Keogh (2014), [6] treats as a synonym of the wrinkled toadlet (Uperoleia rugosa). [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2902: 1–43. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2902.1.1 .
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Myobatrachidae Schlegel, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. "Uperoleia Gray, 1841 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  5. "Myobatrachidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  6. 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. PMID   24971737.