Marbled Toadlet

Uperoleia marmorata commonly known as the marbled toadlet, is only known by the holotype collected in the Kimberley region of Western Australia by Gray in 1841.

Description

Gray describe the frog as "…black and green marbled, leaving a triangular greenish spot on its forehead, beneath lead colour". This species is likely to have other features similar to other Uperoleia species such as: red-orange patches in the groin and behind the knees, tubercles and large parotoid glands as well as a granular belly. The frog is likely to be about 30 mm in length.

This frog most likely resembles the Mjoberg's toadlet (Uperoleia mjobergi), as they inhabit similar areas it is possible to speculate that the holotype of the marbled toadlet was mistake for a Mjoberg's toadlet.

Ecology and behaviour

Due to lack of records on this species habitat and behavioural characteristics have been difficult to assess. The frog is likely to breed in permanent and semi-permanent still water bodies in the Kimberly region.

This species was once thought to be widespread across eastern New South Wales, but due to the similarity of frogs within the genus Uperoleia it was most likely confused with smooth toadlet.

References

• Frogs of Australia
• Frogs Australia Network

Uperoleia marmorata^[2]​^[3]​^[4]​ es una especie de anfibio anuro de la familia Myobatrachidae.

Distribución geográfica

Esta especie es endémica de Australia Occidental. Solo se conoce el Holotipo recopilado por John Edward Gray en 1841 en el área de Kimberley.^[5]​

Publicación original

• Gray, 1841 : Descriptions of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, sér. 1, vol. 7, p. 86–91^[6]​

Referencias

Uperoleia marmorata Uperoleia generoko animalia da. Anfibioen barruko Myobatrachidae familian sailkatuta dago, Anura ordenan.

Erreferentziak

Ikus, gainera

• Myobatrachidae

Uperoleia marmorata est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Myobatrachidae^[1].

Répartition

Répartition

Cette espèce est endémique d'Australie-Occidentale. Elle n'est connue que par l'holotype prélevé par John Edward Gray en 1841 dans la région de Kimberley^[1],[2].

Publication originale

• Gray, 1841 : Descriptions of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, sér. 1, vol. 7, p. 86–91 (texte intégral).

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