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Melvillihyla Richards, Donnellan & Mahony 2025, gen. nov.

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: Melvillihyla Richards, Donnellan & Mahony, gen. nov. (Fig. 22) ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 30C05CFB-255B-4889-A162-FEC1C99BAF 73 Type species: Litoria andiirrmalin McDonald, 1997. Content: One species— Melvillihyla andiirrmalin * (McDonald, 1997) comb. nov. Diagnosis: Melvillihyla can be diagnosed from Rhyaconastes by its large vs. medium size, ossified vs. cartilaginous intercalary structures, tadpole oral disc Type 1 vs. Type 3, overall tadpole morphology Type 5 vs. Type 6, and single vs. multiple notes per reproductive call. Refer to Tables 1 and 2. Distribution and ecology: Terrestrial boulder dwelling frogs that breed in streams within rainforest in Cape Melville in north-eastern Australia. Etymology: Named for Cape Melville, north Queensland which contains the species’ entire distribution. The gender, based on the frog generic name Hyla, is feminine. Remarks: A monotypic genus with a distribution restricted to Cape Melville which has a unique combination of geology, rainforest and sclerophyll forest communities, and climate (McDonald 1997).

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17007758

Authors: Donnellan, Stephen C., Mahony, Michael J., Esquerré, Damien, Brennan, Ian G., Price, Luke C., Lemmon, Alan, Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Günther, Rainer, Monis, Paul, Bertozzi, Terry, Keogh, J. Scott, Shea, Glenn M., Richards, Stephen J.

Institutions: South Australian Museum, The University of Adelaide, University of Newcastle Australia, University of Wollongong, Natural History Museum, Florida State University, Museum für Naturkunde, Australian National University, The University of Sydney, Australian Museum

Language: English

Topic: Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7078944264

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