A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia
Author
Doughty, Paul
Author
Roberts, Dale
text
Zootaxa
2008
1939
10
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185001
5a29e6b6-711e-44c2-8df7-db62a11b505c
1175-5326
185001
Uperoleia
Gray, 1841
Type
species:
U. marmorata
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis.
A group of small-bodied (to
4 cm
) terrestrial frogs with short limbs, no webbing on fingers, first finger shorter than second, inner metatarsal tubercle not compressed, lacking vomerine teeth, covered tympana, pupil rhomboidal, parotoid, dorsolateral and coccygeal glands usually present, aquatic reproduction with small pigmented eggs and free-swimming larvae.