Assa (genus)

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

Assa is a genus of frogs 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]

  1. ^ "Assa Tyler, 1972 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  2. ^ 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. 5057 (4): 451–486. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5057.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34811197. S2CID 239943400.
  3. ^ 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). 36: 1–48. doi:10.3853/j.1835-4211.36.2022.1789. ISSN 1835-4211.