Biology:Assa (genus)

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Assa
Assa darlingtoni.jpg
A. darlingtoni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Assa
Tyler, 1972
Species
  • A. darlingtoni
  • A. wollumbin

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 (Loveridge, 1933)
Wollumbin pouched frog or Mount Wollumbin hip-pocket frog Assa wollumbin Mahony, Hines, Mahony, Moses, Catalano, Myers, and Donnellan, 2021

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15727297 entry