Pseudophryne

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Pseudophryne
The Red-crowned Toadlet (Pseudophryne australis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Myobatrachidae Genus: Pseudophryne Fitzinger, 1843
The distribution of Pseudophryne (in black).
Species
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Pseudophryne is a genus of small Myobatrachid frogs. All of these frogs are small terrestrial frogs, and as such, most species are commonly called toadlets. The genus is comrpised of thirteen species, ten from eastern Australia, and three from Western Australia. Species within the Pseudophryne genus lay their eggs on moist ground. The tadpoles develop within the eggs, and once they reach hatching size, will become dormant. Once sufficient rain occurs to flush the eggs into a creek or river, the eggs will hatch and release tadpoles into the water. Many of the species within this genus have the ability to form hybrids.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are thirteen species from the Pseudophryne genus:

• Red-crowned Toadlet, Pseudophryne australis (Gray, 1835)
• Bibron’s Toadlet, Pseudophryne bibronii (Günther, 1859)
• Red-backed Toadlet, Pseudophryne coriacea (Keferstein, 1868)
• Corroboree Frog, Pseudophryne corroborree (Moore, 1953)
• Magnificent Brood Frog, Pseudophryne covacevichae, (Ingram and Corben, 1994)
• Southern Toadlet, Pseudophryne dendyi (Lucas, 1892)
• Douglas’ Toadlet, Pseudophryne douglasi (Main, 1964)
• Guenther’s Toadlet, Pseudophryne guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
• Large Toadlet, Pseudophryne major (Parker, 1940)
• Orange-crowned Toadlet, Pseudophryne occidentalis (Parker, 1940)
• Northern Corroboree Frog, Pseudophryne pengilleyi (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
• Pseudophryne raveni, (Ingram and Corben, 1994)
• Southern Toadlet, Pseudophryne semimarmorata (Lucas, 1892)

[edit] References

• Barker, J.; G.C. Grigg, M.J. Tyler (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons. ISBN 0-949324-61-2.