Uperoleia minima Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Superfamily: Myobatrachoidea > Family: Myobatrachidae > Genus: Uperoleia > Species: Uperoleia minima

Uperoleia minima Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 29 (79): 49. Holotype: WAM R62482, by original designation. Type locality: "Amax Crusher Site, 5 km south-west of the Mining Camp, Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley Division, Western Australia (14° 50′ S, 125° 50′ E)".

English Names

Mitchell Plateau Toadlet (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 96).

Small Toadlet (Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 128; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 156).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Amax Crusher Site, Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley Division, Western Australia).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 128. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 156–157. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 19, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 46, provided a polygon distribution map.   

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