Uperoleia trachyderma Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
Uperoleia trachyderma Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 105: 149. Holotype: SAMA R20374, by original designation. Type locality: "Newcastle Creek floodplain at the George Redman Causeway (17° 14′ S; 133° 28′ E), 37 km N of Elliot, N[orthern]. T[erritory].", Australia.
English Names
Orange-shouldered Gungan (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223).
Yellow Clay Toadlet (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 96).
Blacksoil Toadlet (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 343; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 132; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 152).
Distribution
Blacksoil plains in an arc across the Northern Territory west to Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimbereley region of Western Australia, Australia.
Comment
See Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1983, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 107: 241, and Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986, Proc. R. Soc. Victoria, 98: 163, for supplementary data on distribution. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 132. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 152-153.
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