Uperoleia borealis Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981

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

Uperoleia borealis Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 29 (79): 30. Holotype: WAM R62474, by original designation. Type locality: "Dead Horse Spring, 3.7 km northeast of Lake Argyle Tourist Village, Kimberley Division, Western Australia".

Common Names

Northern Toadlet (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 318; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 121; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 156; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 121).

Rasping Toadlet (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 95).

Distribution

Kimberley region of northeastern Western Australia (from Mitchell Plateau south to Morningside Station, and exending through the eastern Kimberley) into the adjacent Northern Territory.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Distributional data provided by Tyler, Watson, and Davies, 1983, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 107: 243. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 121. 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: 17–18, for comments on the type series. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 121, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 44, provided a polygon distribution map. Jaya, Tanner, Whitehead, Doughty, Keogh, Moritz, and Catullo, 2022, Mol. Ecol., 31: 4527–4543, reported on mitogenomics, phylogeography, and unidirectional hybridization with Uperoleia crassa

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