Uperoleia aspera Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981

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

Uperoleia aspera Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 9: 159. Holotype: WAM R69648, by original designation. Type locality: "28 km S of Derby (123° 43′ S, 17° 30′ E), Kimberley Division", Western Australia. Latitude and longitude corrected to 17° 30′ S, 123° 43′ E by Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 17. 

English Names

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

Derby Toadlet (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 318; Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 120; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 154).

Distribution

Kimberley Division, Western Australia, from Dampier Peninsula and southern edge of Yampi Peninsula extending east of Fitzroy Crossing.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

See account by Tyler and Doughty, 2009, Field Guide Frogs W. Aust., 4th ed.: 120. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 154–155. See Ellis, Doughty, and Roberts, 2017, Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 32: 17, for comments on the type series. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 43, provided a polygon distribution map.  

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