Species Uperoleia rugosa (Andersson, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudophryne rugosa Andersson, L.G. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 9. Batrachians from Queensland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ns 52: 1-20 [13, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 1630, Colosseum, S QLD.
• Pseudophryne fimbrianus Parker, H.W. 1926. New reptiles and a new frog from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 665-670 [669].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1947.2.18.70, St. George district, QLD
  Comment: recognised as valid species, as Uperoleia fimbrianus (Parker, 1926), by Cogger, H., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia. pp. 1–56 in Walton, D.W. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Netley, South Australia : Griffin Press Ltd vi 313 pp. [32].

  Type locality references:

  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.
• Uperoleia capitulata Davies, M., McDonald, K.R. & Corben, C. 1986. The genus Uperoleia Gray (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Queensland, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 98(4): 147-188 [163].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM J26428, Bollon, QLD [28°02'S 147°29'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Catullo, R. & Keogh, J.S. 2014. Aridification drove repeated episodes of diversification between Australian biomes: Evidence from a multi-locus phylogeny of Australian toadlets (Uperoleia: Myobatrachidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 106-117 (for U. capitulata)

 

Generic Combinations

• Uperoleia rugosa (Andersson, 1916).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, burrower, cryptozoic, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, tall open forest, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Opportunistic breeder in swamps and inundated grassland, free-living tadpole.

 

General References

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 (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AMPHIBIA	19-Dec-2023	MODIFIED
28-Sep-2022	MYOBATRACHIDAE Schlegel, 1850	04-Oct-2018	MODIFIED
31-Jan-2017		16-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED