Assa (genus) explained
Assa is a genus of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to a few parts of eastern Australia.[1]
Both species are found on a few mountains in Queensland and New South Wales. For a significant portion of time, the only species in this genus was the pouched frog (A. darlingtoni). However, a second species, A. wollumbin, was described in 2021 following a rangewide genetic survey of A. darlingtoni. Both species are notable in that the males have subcutaneous pouches on their hips in which they carry their tadpoles until they metamorphosize.[2] [3]
Species
| Common name | Binomial name |
|---|
| Pouched frog, hip-pocket frog, or Australian marsupial frog | Assa darlingtoni |
| Wollumbin pouched frog or Mount Wollumbin hip-pocket frog | Assa wollumbin | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Assa Tyler, 1972 Amphibian Species of the World . 2022-08-02 . amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org.
- Mahony . Michael J. . Hines . Harry B. . Mahony . Stephen V. . Moses . Bede . Catalano . Sarah R. . Myers . Steven . Donnellan . Stephen C. . 2021-10-26 . A new hip-pocket frog from mid-eastern Australia (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Assa) . Zootaxa . en . 5057 . 4 . 451–486 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.4.1 . 34811197 . 239943400 . 1175-5334.
- Cutajar . Timothy P. . Portway . Christopher D. . Gillard . Grace L. . Rowley . Jodi J. L. . 2022-06-29 . Australian Frog Atlas: species' distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset . Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (Online) . en . 36 . 1–48 . 10.3853/j.1835-4211.36.2022.1789 . 1835-4211. free .
