Uperoleia mimula Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986

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

Uperoleia mimula Davies, McDonald, and Corben, 1986, Proc. R. Soc. Victoria, 98: 178. Holotype: QM J45943, by original designation. Type locality: "Lakefield Ranger Station (14°56′ [S], 144°12′ [E])", Queensland, Australia.

English Names

Torres Gungan (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 223).

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

Mimic Toadlet (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 334).

Mimicking Toadlet (Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 144).

Distribution

Northeastern Queensland to Cape York Peninsula, Australia; islands in Torres Strait.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 144–145. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 46, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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