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<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF87C550E4FEFF4F1239FF1B" bold="true" box="[151,364,151,178]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Philoria knowlesi</emphasis>
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Mahony MJ, Hines HB, Mahony SV, &amp; Donnellan SC
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<paragraph id="19387C43FF87C550E4FEFF641295FF7F" blockId="23.[151,1142,151,249]" box="[151,448,187,214]" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Mt Ballow Mountain Frog</paragraph>
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<figureCitation id="81BC60C6FF87C550E4FEFF071257FF50" box="[151,258,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="24.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-19@24.[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 9. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. holotype QM J95824, male from Ballow Creek, Mount Barney National Park, southeastern Queensland. A) ventral view, B) lateral view, C) snout, D) lateral view of head, E) palmar view of hand, F) plantar view of foot." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280779" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280779/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Figures 9</figureCitation>
,
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.
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:
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an adult male collected at
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elevation on
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,
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, south-eastern
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, [
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by
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and
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<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF87C550E4AEFEB712A1FE20" bold="true" box="[199,500,367,393]" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Other material examined</emphasis>
. See
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for a full list of specimens examined.
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<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF87C550E4AEFE4B126FFE04" bold="true" box="[199,314,403,429]" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Adult size relatively small (females to
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, males to
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SVL); males with poorly developed nuptial pad; moderately developed facial stripe present; dorsum usually reddish brown, light tan or bronze, occasionally darker greenish brown, without larger darker blotches; conspicuous black patch on flank rarely present, a darker bar extending from across mid-thigh onto hip present in some specimens; abdomen usually pale reddish yellow, partially transparent, or darker brown with fine white spotting (
<figureCitation id="81BC60C6FF87C550E7DCFDFB177FFD94" box="[949,1066,547,573]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 9" captionStart-1="FIGURE 10" captionStartId-0="24.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionStartId-1="25.[151,250,1708,1732]" captionTargetBox-0="[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetBox-1="[213,1374,181,1684]" captionTargetId-0="figure-19@24.[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetId-1="figure-18@25.[213,1374,181,1684]" captionTargetPageId-0="24" captionTargetPageId-1="25" captionText-0="FIGURE 9. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. holotype QM J95824, male from Ballow Creek, Mount Barney National Park, southeastern Queensland. A) ventral view, B) lateral view, C) snout, D) lateral view of head, E) palmar view of hand, F) plantar view of foot." captionText-1="FIGURE 10. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. in life A) QM J84821, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld; B) QM J84820, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld; C) QM J92852, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; D) QM J92851, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; E) AMS R185923, male, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW; F) QM J92850, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; G) AMS R185923, male ventral view, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW; H) QM J84824 female ventral view, Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld. Note the spatula on the second finger that is used by the female to direct bubbles of air into mucous to make a foamy egg mass; I) QM J92850 male ventral view, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; J) QM J84825 Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld, male ventral view." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280779" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280783" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/6280779/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/6280783/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Figs 910</figureCitation>
); gular surface same as abdomen but with slightly darker hue. Ventral surfaces smooth. From a genetic perspective, apomorphic nucleotide states at five sites in the mitochondrial
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF87C550E584FDB31177FD2C" box="[493,546,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">ND4</emphasis>
gene reliably diagnose
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.
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from
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<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF87C550E026FDB41788FD2C" box="[1103,1245,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">P. loveridgei</emphasis>
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(
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).
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Dimensions of
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(mm). SVL 25.6, HL 7.8, HW 9.4, TL 11.1, ED 2.4, EN 1.4, IN 3.1.
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Description of
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.
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Body moderately flattened, robust and pear shaped. Head narrower than body, wider than long (HW/HL = 1.26), triangular in dorsal view; snout flat then rounded beyond nares, slightly sloping with a wedged tip in lateral view. Canthus rostralis moderately defined, slightly oblique; loreal region distinctly concave. Nares much nearer the eye than tip of snout, on antero-lateral edge of snout, directed laterally. Eyes moderate, diameter slightly greater than twice eye to naris distance (ED/EN = 1.66); internarial distance greater than twice the distance from eye to naris (EN/IN = 0.54). Tympana covered by skin, not conspicuous, oval shaped, vertical axis less than half eye diameter. Vomerine teeth short in two obliquely aligned plates, separated in midline, not extending laterally beyond the inner border of the choanae. Forearms and hands short, robust. Fingers short, thick, unwebbed, tips flattened dorsally, distinctly rounded ventrally, relative lengths 3&gt;4=2&gt;1, small subarticular tubercles beneath proximal joints, absent from distal joints, nuptial pads on first finger, comprise dense, fine conical spines, pigmented dark brown, particularly near the apex; palmar surface smooth, with prominent inner and outer metacarpal tubercles. Hindlimbs short (TL/SVL = 0.41), robust; thighs with three rows of prominent tubercles on dorsal surface. Toes unwebbed, without fringes; subarticular tubercles moderately developed; tips of toes flattened dorsally, rounded ventrally; relative lengths 4&gt;3&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1; plantar surfaces smooth, inner metatarsal tubercle flattened and rounded in shape.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="19387C43FF87C550E4AEFB1717C5FAFC" blockId="23.[151,1437,295,1941]" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Dorsal skin smooth; incomplete ridge along dorso-lateral margin, several large tubercles on upper- and midlateral surfaces; no mid-vertebral stripe; a supratympanic fold extends from behind eye over tympanum to above axilla; parotoid glands absent. Raised glandular area between posterior articulation of the jaw and anterior axil of the arm. Row of raised tubercles on posterior margin of lower jaw. Ventral surface smooth.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="19387C43FF87C550E4AEFA8712C1F83C" blockId="23.[151,1437,295,1941]" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF87C550E4AEFA87126DFAD0" bold="true" box="[199,312,1375,1401]" pageId="23" pageNumber="232">Variation</emphasis>
. Adult females
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SVL (mean = 27.9, n = 8); adult males
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SVL (mean =
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, n=26) (
<tableCitation id="540549F8FF87C550E535FA5B12E6FA37" box="[348,435,1411,1438]" captionStart="TABLE 5" captionStartId="18.[151,239,151,175]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="TABLE 5. Dimensions of Philoria from mid-eastern Australia expressed as the mean±standard deviation and range. N= sample size, M= adult male, F=adult female." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4DF82CCBFF82C555E4FEFF4F1120FF7A" pageId="23" pageNumber="232" tableUuid="4DF82CCBFF82C555E4FEFF4F1120FF7A">Table 5</tableCitation>
). Body robust, pear-shaped. Head shorter than wide (HW/HL range 0.931.55), approximately one-quarter snout to vent length (HL/SVL = 0.210.41); snout blunt in profile, nostrils more lateral than superior. Internarial distance about double distance from eye to naris (EN/IN = 0.440.69). Canthus rostralis well defined, loreal region concave. Eye relatively large, diameter greater than eye to naris distance (ED/EN 1.22.1), pupil horizontal when constricted. Tympanum small, indistinct. Tongue approximately rectangular. Vomerine teeth short in two obliquely aligned plates, separated in midline, not extending laterally beyond the inner border of the choanae. A pale, slightly raised glandular area running posteriorly from angle of jaw o near base of forearm. Supratympanic fold distinct, often bordered by thin to moderately thick light streak dorsally, most prominent and widest on post-tympanic section of fold when present. Parotoid gland absent. An often-obscure ridge of tubercles forming lyrate pattern on dorsum originates behind eye and extends posteriorly about two-thirds along dorso-lateral margin before breaking into scattered smaller tubercules posteriorly. Dorso-lateral surfaces sometimes with 23 large tubercules arranged in lateral trending line; skin above eye with several tubercles. A dark patch in front of groin often occurs though usually faded to obscure, with one and sometimes two enlarged tubercles at dorsal apex of patch, not generally forming a distinct ridge or straight edge line along the dorsal side of the patch. Upper surfaces of limbs moderately tubercular.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="19387C43FF88C55FE4FEF84F13B6F851" blockId="24.[151,1436,1943,2040]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE4FEF84F1241F806" bold="true" box="[151,276,1943,1967]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF88C55FE575F8401284F819" authority="Bertozzi, 2022" authorityName="Bertozzi" authorityYear="2022" box="[284,465,1944,1968]" class="Amphibia" family="Limnodynastidae" genus="Philoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="24" pageNumber="233" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="knowlesi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE575F8401284F819" box="[284,465,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">Philoria knowlesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE5B1F840117FF819" bold="true" box="[472,554,1944,1968]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="30C01D2AFF88C55FE5B1F840117FF819" box="[472,554,1944,1968]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
holotype QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF88C55FE6ABF84F105BF806" box="[706,782,1943,1967]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J95824" pageId="24" pageNumber="233" type="EnaNcbi">J95824</accessionNumber>
, male from Ballow Creek, Mount Barney National Park, southeastern Queensland.
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE501F863122FF87A" bold="true" box="[360,378,1979,2003]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">A</emphasis>
) ventral view,
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE678F8641177F87D" bold="true" box="[529,546,1980,2004]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">B</emphasis>
) lateral view,
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE6D9F8631197F87A" bold="true" box="[688,706,1979,2003]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">C</emphasis>
) snout,
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE77DF8641073F87D" bold="true" box="[788,806,1980,2004]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">D</emphasis>
) lateral view of head,
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE06EF864174DF87D" bold="true" box="[1031,1048,1980,2004]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">E</emphasis>
) palmar view of hand,
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF88C55FE168F8641645F87D" bold="true" box="[1281,1296,1980,2004]" pageId="24" pageNumber="233">F</emphasis>
) plantar view of foot.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="19387C43FF89C55EE4FEF97410B6F84D" blockId="25.[151,1437,1708,2020]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE4FEF9741277F96D" bold="true" box="[151,290,1708,1732]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF89C55EE543F97412B5F96D" authority="Bertozzi, 2022" authorityName="Bertozzi" authorityYear="2022" box="[298,480,1708,1732]" class="Amphibia" family="Limnodynastidae" genus="Philoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="knowlesi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE543F97412B5F96D" box="[298,480,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">Philoria knowlesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE581F974116FF96D" bold="true" box="[488,570,1708,1732]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="30C01D2AFF89C55EE581F974116FF96D" box="[488,570,1708,1732]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in life
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE6E0F97411CEF96D" bold="true" box="[649,667,1708,1732]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">A</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE6B7F974107FF96D" box="[734,810,1708,1732]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J84821" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J84821</accessionNumber>
, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE1EAF97416C1F96D" bold="true" box="[1411,1428,1708,1732]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">B</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE4A1F9081241F941" box="[200,276,1744,1768]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J84820" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J84820</accessionNumber>
, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE700F908102EF941" bold="true" box="[873,891,1744,1768]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">C</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE7D4F908175DF941" box="[957,1032,1744,1768]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J92852" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J92852</accessionNumber>
, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF89C55EE48BF92C120DF8A5" box="[226,344,1780,1804]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Nothofagus</taxonomicName>
National Park, NSW;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE62BF92C1101F8A5" bold="true" box="[578,596,1780,1804]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">D</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE6FCF92C11B4F8A5" box="[661,737,1780,1804]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J92851" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J92851</accessionNumber>
, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF89C55EE0AEF92C1668F8A5" box="[1223,1341,1780,1804]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Nothofagus</taxonomicName>
National Park, NSW;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE571F8C0127CF899" bold="true" box="[280,297,1816,1840]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">E</emphasis>
) AMS R185923, male, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE0A8F8C01785F899" bold="true" box="[1217,1232,1816,1840]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">F</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE166F8C0160FF899" box="[1295,1370,1816,1840]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J92850" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J92850</accessionNumber>
, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF89C55EE659F8E411F3F8FD" box="[560,678,1852,1876]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Nothofagus</taxonomicName>
National Park, NSW;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE7E7F8E410F7F8FD" bold="true" box="[910,930,1852,1876]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">G</emphasis>
) AMS R185923, male ventral view, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE6DEF8B8119EF8D1" bold="true" box="[695,715,1888,1912]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">H</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE760F8B81006F8D1" box="[777,851,1888,1912]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J84824" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J84824</accessionNumber>
female ventral view, Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld. Note the spatula on the second finger that is used by the female to direct bubbles of air into mucous to make a foamy egg mass;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE521F8701207F869" bold="true" box="[328,338,1960,1984]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">I</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE5E6F870128DF869" box="[399,472,1960,1984]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J92850" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J92850</accessionNumber>
male ventral view, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF89C55EE046F87017F0F869" box="[1071,1189,1960,1984]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Nothofagus</taxonomicName>
National Park, NSW;
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF89C55EE1EEF87016C1F869" bold="true" box="[1415,1428,1960,1984]" pageId="25" pageNumber="234">J</emphasis>
) QM
<accessionNumber id="06D4E1A0FF89C55EE4AFF8141245F84D" box="[198,272,1996,2020]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J84825" pageId="25" pageNumber="234" type="EnaNcbi">J84825</accessionNumber>
Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld, male ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="19387C43FF8AC55DE4AEFF4F1098FECC" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,357]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">
Fingers and toes without webbing, digits short, robust, cylindrical; inner and outer palmar tubercules small but distinct (
<figureCitation id="81BC60C6FF8AC55DE542FF6312D2FF7C" box="[299,391,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="24.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-19@24.[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 9. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. holotype QM J95824, male from Ballow Creek, Mount Barney National Park, southeastern Queensland. A) ventral view, B) lateral view, C) snout, D) lateral view of head, E) palmar view of hand, F) plantar view of foot." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280779" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280779/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">Fig. 9C</figureCitation>
); fingers in decreasing order of length 3&gt;4=2&gt;1. Hind limbs moderately long (TL/SVL = 0.350.46); toes in decreasing order of length 4&gt;3&gt;5=2&gt;1; inner metatarsal tubercule at base of first toe small but distinct (
<figureCitation id="81BC60C6FF8AC55DE491FEDB1207FEB4" box="[248,338,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="24.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-19@24.[256,1331,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 9. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. holotype QM J95824, male from Ballow Creek, Mount Barney National Park, southeastern Queensland. A) ventral view, B) lateral view, C) snout, D) lateral view of head, E) palmar view of hand, F) plantar view of foot." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280779" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280779/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">Fig. 9D</figureCitation>
), no outer metatarsal tubercule. Nuptial pads on first finger, appear pale macroscopically but when examined closely comprise dense, fine conical spines, pigmented dark brown, particularly near the apex. Spatulae on first and second fingers of reproductively active females (
<figureCitation id="81BC60C6FF8AC55DE729FE931094FECC" box="[832,961,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1708,1732]" captionTargetBox="[213,1374,181,1684]" captionTargetId="figure-18@25.[213,1374,181,1684]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. in life A) QM J84821, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld; B) QM J84820, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld; C) QM J92852, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; D) QM J92851, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; E) AMS R185923, male, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW; F) QM J92850, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; G) AMS R185923, male ventral view, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW; H) QM J84824 female ventral view, Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld. Note the spatula on the second finger that is used by the female to direct bubbles of air into mucous to make a foamy egg mass; I) QM J92850 male ventral view, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; J) QM J84825 Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld, male ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280783" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280783/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">Fig. 10HI</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="4DF82CCBFF8AC55DE4FEF8721082F84E" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280787" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6280787" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280787/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="235" startId="26.[151,250,1962,1986]" targetBox="[151,1436,381,1939]" targetPageId="26">
<paragraph id="19387C43FF8AC55DE4FEF8721082F84E" blockId="26.[151,1437,1962,2023]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF8AC55DE4FEF872124AF86B" bold="true" box="[151,287,1962,1986]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
A single representative call of a male
<taxonomicName id="DE8707C0FF8AC55DE6CFF873104DF86B" authority="Bertozzi, 2022" authorityName="Bertozzi" authorityYear="2022" box="[678,792,1962,1986]" class="Amphibia" family="Limnodynastidae" genus="Philoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="26" pageNumber="235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="knowlesi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF8AC55DE6CFF873104DF86B" box="[678,792,1962,1986]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">P. knowlesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF8AC55DE777F872103AF86B" bold="true" box="[798,879,1962,1986]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="30C01D2AFF8AC55DE777F872103AF86B" box="[798,879,1962,1986]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(AMS R185923) from Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW (wet bulb temperature 18
<superScript id="EEF2D10BFF8AC55DE604F81511DCF84F" attach="right" box="[621,649,1997,2022]" fontSize="6" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">oC</superScript>
).
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF8AC55DE6F2F81611F8F84F" bold="true" box="[667,685,1998,2022]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">A</emphasis>
) Waveform,
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF8AC55DE75BF8161016F84F" bold="true" box="[818,835,1998,2022]" pageId="26" pageNumber="235">B</emphasis>
) spectrogram.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="19387C43FF8BC55CE4AEFF4E1677FE20" blockId="27.[151,1437,150,2014]" pageId="27" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis id="2BF3A051FF8BC55CE4AEFF4E1230FF19" bold="true" box="[199,357,150,176]" pageId="27" pageNumber="236">Colour in life</emphasis>
. The description of variation of colour in life is based on colour photographs of
<specimenCount id="0F81B7CAFF8BC55CE080FF4F16C8FF18" box="[1257,1437,151,177]" pageId="27" pageNumber="236" type="generic">eight specimens</specimenCount>
(
<figureCitation id="81BC60C6FF8BC55CE4C9FF6313A6FF7C" box="[160,243,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1708,1732]" captionTargetBox="[213,1374,181,1684]" captionTargetId="figure-18@25.[213,1374,181,1684]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Philoria knowlesi sp. nov. in life A) QM J84821, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld; B) QM J84820, male, Cronan Creek, Mount Barney National Park, Qld; C) QM J92852, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; D) QM J92851, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; E) AMS R185923, male, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW; F) QM J92850, male, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; G) AMS R185923, male ventral view, Long Creek, Levers Plateau, Border Ranges National Park, NSW; H) QM J84824 female ventral view, Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld. Note the spatula on the second finger that is used by the female to direct bubbles of air into mucous to make a foamy egg mass; I) QM J92850 male ventral view, Lindesay Creek, Mount Ballow, Mount Nothofagus National Park, NSW; J) QM J84825 Drummer Gully, Mount Barney National Park, Qld, male ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280783" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6280783/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="236">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
,
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). Dorsal colour highly variable, including plain orange, orange-brown, reddish brown, brown or grey green, occasionally with suffused patches and spots of darker colour. Upper surfaces of limbs usually same colour as dorsum but a lighter hue; faint crossbars on upper thigh extend onto posterior dorsum, to produce a forward pointing v-shape marking. Inner surfaces of axils, groin and flanks, and posterior surfaces of thighs darker orangebrown than dorsum. A dark, roughly circular or irregular-shaped patch present on posterior-lateral surface, faded and obscure in some lightly coloured individuals. Toes and fingers faintly barred darker brown dorsally.
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<paragraph id="19387C43FF8BC55CE4AEFE4B1236FD58" blockId="27.[151,1437,150,2014]" pageId="27" pageNumber="236">Lateral surfaces of face darker than dorsum, grading in colour intensity from the upper margin of the canthus which has a sharply demarcated black line that extends from the snout along the canthus through the eye and above the tympanum to the axil. The posterior margin behind the axil with a white margin. Upper margin of supratympanic fold lighter than dorsum; margin of upper lip spotted with white. Glandular area posterior to angle of the jaw white. Loreal region darker than dorsal colour.A black band becoming broader posteriorly from tip of snout through nostril along canthus rostralis, through eye to base of forearm. Margin along canthus rostralis forming distinct line, ventral margin is diffuse merging with the colour below. Ventral surfaces of body and hind limbs burnt orange-yellow to dark brown with pale spots, chin and throat slightly darker than abdomen without mottling. Ventral surfaces may be partially transparent so that abdominal wall and internal organs are partially visible. Iris golden dorsally and brown or black ventrally.</paragraph>
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. Named for Mr Ross Knowles for his significant contribution to environmental conservation in
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, and his early work on the biology and systematics of
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. Occurs in montane areas straddling the Qld-NSW border, from Levers Plateau in the east to Drummer Gully (Mount Barney National Park, Qld) in the west. All known locations are above
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elevation.
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. In Mt Barney National Park,
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occurs in simple microphyll fern forest dominated by the tree
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on Cainozoic igneous rocks (Regional Ecosystem or RE 12.8.6
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), complex notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks (RE 12.8.5), simple notophyll vine forest with abundant Tree-ferns,
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(gully vine forest) on metamorphics +/- interbedded volcanics (RE 12.11.1). In the Levers Plateau area (Qld side) the rainforest community is a drier, Araucarian complex notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic igneous rocks (RE 12.8.4). Known sites in NSW are in similar rainforest habitats. The species appears to be more widespread in wetter, high-altitude rainforests where it has been recorded calling from near the summit of Mt Ballow and along the upper reaches of Lindsay Creek in NSW in
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forest. In the lower drier rainforests, the species is likely confined to seepages and margins of drainages.
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.
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in the headwaters of
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A majority of the known and potentially suitable habitat for
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), with calling males recorded at four sites within burnt catchments, including individuals calling from within habitat burnt at moderate-to-high severity. However, with greater sample sizes and survey data prior to the drought and fires,
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found reduced occupancy and abundance for
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and
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from nearby and similar habitat. Further, increases in fire frequency, earlier starts to fire seasons and higher intensity fires have been observed, and all are projected to proceed on the same trajectories (State of the Climate 2020; http://www. csiro.au/en /Showcase/state-of-the-climate,
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Dowdy
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). Although feral pigs occur in lower altitude areas of the western section of Mount Barney National Park, there is no evidence yet of them within known habitat of
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However, fresh scats were found in
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within
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of known occupied habitat (Hines pers. obs.). Feral pigs are currently severely impacting the breeding habitat of
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in the Mistake Mountains, through wallowing and predation (Hines pers. obs.). Unauthorised cattle grazing in the western section of Mount Barney National Park also potentially threatens breeding habitat. There are few weeds of concern within known habitat at Mount Barney and Mount
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National Parks.
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(
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) is currently present at low density at some sites regenerating post-fire and has the potential to exacerbate impacts from future fires. Two significant riparian weeds are common in the region, but we have yet to observe them at sites occupied by
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.
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: Crofton weed (
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) and mistflower (
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). Their dense root mats bind the soil of bogs and stream banks, likely making them unsuitable for frogs to build nest chambers (Hines and Mahony pers. obs).
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