Uperoleia saxatilis Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011

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

Uperoleia saxatilis Catullo, Doughty, Roberts, and Keogh, 2011, Zootaxa, 2902: 23. Holotype: WAM R162877, by original designation. Type locality: "Turee Creek (23° 20′ 37.6″ S, 118° 1′ 16.6″ E), Western Australia".

English Names

Pilbara Toadlet (original pubication).

Distribution

Known only from the Pilbara Craton in association of rocky habitats, Western Australia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

The sister taxon of Uperoleia talpa according to the original publication. 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: 47, provided a polygon distribution map. 

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