Uperoleia Gray, 1841
Uperoleia Gray, 1841, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 7: 90. Type species: Uperoleia marmorata Gray, 1841, by monotypy.
Hyperolia Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool., Fasc. 12: 384. Unjustified emendation.
Glauertia Loveridge, 1933, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8: 89. Type species: Glauertia russelli Loveridge, 1933, by monotypy. Synonymy by Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 29 (79): 9.
Hosmeria Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 2. Type species: Uperoleia marmorata laevigata Keferstein, 1867, by original designation. Synonymy by Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011, Zootaxa, 2902: 15. See also Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).
Prohartia Wells and Wellington, 1985, Aust. J. Herpetol., Suppl. Ser., 1: 3. Type species: Pseudophryne fimbrianus Parker, 1926, by original designation. Synonymy by Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011, Zootaxa, 2902: 15. See Tyler, 1985, Herpetol. Rev., 16: 69; Australian Society of Herpetologists, 1987, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 44: 116-121; Tyler, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45: 152; Holthius, 1988, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 45 and decision by ICZN ( Anonymous, 1991, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 48: 337-338).
English Names
Australian Toadlets (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95).
Distribution
Northern and eastern Australia; southern lowlands of New Guinea.
Comment
The systematics and biology of some Australian species were reviewed by Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 29 (79): 1-64; Davies and Littlejohn, 1986, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 110: 111-143; and Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986, Proc. R. Soc. Victoria, 98: 147-188. See Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2, for keys and accounts. See comment under Spicospina. Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011, Zootaxa, 2902: 1-43, provided a molecular phylogeny, morphological identification key, and accounts of the species.
Contained taxa
- Uperoleia altissima Davies, Watson, McDonald, Trenerry, and Werren, 1993
- Uperoleia arenicola Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia aspera Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia borealis Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia capitulata Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986
- Uperoleia crassa Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia daviesae Young, Tyler, and Kent, 2005
- Uperoleia fusca Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986
- Uperoleia glandulosa Davies, Mahony, and Roberts, 1985
- Uperoleia inundata Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia laevigata Keferstein, 1867
- Uperoleia lithomoda Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia littlejohni Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986
- Uperoleia marmorata Gray, 1841
- Uperoleia martini Davies and Littlejohn, 1986
- Uperoleia micra Doughty and Roberts, 2008
- Uperoleia micromeles Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia mimula Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986
- Uperoleia minima Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia mjobergii (Andersson, 1913)
- Uperoleia orientalis (Parker, 1940)
- Uperoleia rugosa (Andersson, 1916)
- Uperoleia russelli (Loveridge, 1933)
- Uperoleia saxatilis Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011
- Uperoleia talpa Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia trachyderma Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Uperoleia tyleri Davies and Littlejohn, 1986
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