Uperoleia glandulosa Davies, Mahony, and Roberts, 1985

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

Uperoleia glandulosa Davies, Mahony, and Roberts, 1985, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 109: 103. Holotype: WAM R89489, by original designation. Type locality: "Petermarer Creek, Port Hedland, Broome Rd, WA [=Western Australia] (21° 23′ 6 S, 18° 48′ 21 E)".

English Names

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

Glandular Toadlet (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 325; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 122; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 152; See account by Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011, Zootaxa, 2902: 15).

Distribution

Eastern portion of the Roebourne Plain from Goldsworthy to Mundabullangana, and inland along the Yule River in the Chichester subregion, Western Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

This species was reported by Main, 1965, Frogs S.W. Aust., and by Main and Storr, 1966, W. Aust. Nat., 10: 53–61, as Uperoleia marmorata and Uperoleia mjobergii. See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 123. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 152–153. See account by Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011, Zootaxa, 2902: 15–17. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 18, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 44, provided a polygon distribution map.  

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