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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).
Common 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. Catullo, Doughty, and Keogh, 2014, Zootaxa, 3753: 251–262, reported on molecular phylogenetics. Catullo and Keogh, 2014, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 79: 106–117, provided a multi-locus phylogeny of the species and inferred a biogeography driven by cycles of aridification. These authors noted cases where populations of one species contained the mtDNA (e.g., some individuals of Uperoleia inundata) of others and other cases where nuDNA did not recover some species as natural groups (e.g., Uperoleia borealis, Uperoleia lithomoda). Catullo, Lanfear, Doughty, and Keogh, 2014, J. Biogeograph., 41: 659–672, provided a multilocus phylogeny and biogeography of Uperoleia, as well as presenting data on calls and morphology, with special attention to the species of northern Australia. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 118–131, provided an identification key, brief accounts, photographs, and polygon distribution maps for the Australian species.
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