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Mosleyia Wells & Wellington 1985

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: Mosleyia Wells & Wellington, 1985: 5 (Fig. 22) Type species: Hyla nannotis Andersson, 1916, by original designation. Content: Four species— Mosleyia lorica * (Davies & McDonald, 1979) comb. nov., Mosleyia nannotis * (Andersson, 1916), Mosleyia nyakalensis * (Liem 1974b), Mosleyia rheocola * (Liem 1974b). Diagnosis: Mosleyia can be diagnosed from its sister taxon, Eremnoculus, by absence of a vocal sac, absence of a well-developed palpebral reticulum, spinous nuptial pads, fully vs. minimal webbed toes, and the absence vs. presence of the AMES. Refer to Tables 1 and 2. Distribution and ecology: Semi-aquatic frogs that are found along and breed in fast-flowing rocky streams in rainforests in north-eastern Australia. Large unpigmented eggs laid under or glued to rocks; tadpoles with large, ventrally located suctorial oral discs. Etymology: According to Wells and Wellington (1985), named for Geoff Mosley, director of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Wells and Wellington did not specify a gender for the genus and did not include species with an adjectival specific epithet that would establish gender. In this circumstance, the generic name is considered feminine, following Article 30.2.4. Remarks: Mosleyia is the equivalent of the Litoria nannotis Group of Tyler and Davies (1978). Eremnoculus and Mosleyia have suctorial tadpoles (Anstis 2017) that have a large adrostral cartilage (Haas and Richards 1998). In Eremnoculus dayi the adrostral cartilage is flexibly and synchondrotically connected to the pars alaris, whereas, in M. nannotis and M. rheocola, it is connected by ligaments.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17007760

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: W7079030758

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