Genus Uperoleia Gray, 1841
Compiler and date details
13-Jan-2014 - Lyn Randall
- Uperoleia Gray, J.E. 1841. Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 86-91 [90].
Type species:
Uperoleia marmorata Gray, 1841 by monotypy. - Uperoleja Gray, J.E. 1841. A catalogue of the species of Reptiles and Amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia. Appendix E. pp. 422-449 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [436] [invalid emendation, lapsus for Uperoleia Gray, 1841].
- Hyperolia Cope, E.D. 1865. Sketch of the primary groups of Batrachia Salientia. Natural History Review 5: 97-120 [108] [junior homonym of Hyperolius Rapp, 1842; invalid emendation of Uperoleia Gray, 1841].
- Glauertia Loveridge, A. 1933. A new genus and three new species of crinine frogs from Australia. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 89-94 [89].
Type species:
Glauertia russelli Loveridge, 1933 by monotypy. - Hosmeria Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [2].
Type species:
Uperoleia laevigata marmorata Keferstein, 1867 by original designation. - Prohartia Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [3].
Type species:
Pseudophryne fimbrianus Parker, 1926 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Tyler, M.J., Davies, M. & Martin, A.A. 1981. Australian frogs of the leptodactylid genus Uperoleia Gray. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 79: 1-64
- Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [32]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern New Guinea.
IBRA
Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2014 | Uperoleia Gray, 1841 | 13-Jan-2014 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 31-Jan-2017 | 14-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |