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Australasian Journal of Herpetology 50-51:1-128 AustralasianAustralasian JournalJournal ofof HerpetologyHerpetology Hoser, R. T. 2020. 3 new tribes, 3 new subtribes, 5 new genera, 3 new subgenera, 39 new species and 11 new subspecies of mainly small ground-dwelling frogs from Australia. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 50-51:1-128. ISSN 1836-5698 (Print) ISSN 1836-5779 (Online) ISSUEISSUE 51,51, PUBLISHEDPUBLISHED 1010 OCTOBEROCTOBER 20202020 Australasian Journal of Herpetology ISSN 1836-5698 (Print) ISSN 1836-5779 (Online) Hoser,Hoser, R.R. T.T. 2020.2020. 33 newnew tribes,tribes, 33 newnew subtribes,subtribes, 55 newnew genera,genera, 33 newnew subgenera,subgenera, 3939 newnew speciesspecies andand 1111 newnew subspeciessubspecies ofof mainlymainly smallsmall ground-dwell-ground-dwell- inging frogsfrogs fromfrom Australia.Australia. AustralasianAustralasian JournalJournal ofof HerpetologyHerpetology 50-51:1-128.50-51:1-128. ISSUEISSUE 51,51, PUBLISHEDPUBLISHED 1010 OCTOBEROCTOBER 20202020 Australasian Journal of Herpetology 67 CONTINUED FROM AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL are not or very slightly dilated, but certainly without OF HERPETOLOGY ISSUE 50 ... distinct discs. No dermal brood pouches. Belly is Etymology: P. semimarmorata burrelli subsp. nov. is moderately to slightly granular, rarely coarsely named in honour of Roly Burrell, formerly of Ultimate granular. Females are the larger sex (derived from Reptile Suppliers, Burton (Adelaide), South Australia, Cogger 2014 with errors corrected). Australia, for services to herpetology over many Distribution: Most of Queensland and adjoining decades, including through captive breeding of large parts of north-west New South Wales and the top numbers of sought after reptiles for the Australian pet third of the Northern Territory, possibly extending to trade, thereby reducing collecting pressure on wild Western Australia. animals. Burrell has also run one of Adelaide’s best Etymology: The new subgenus Oxyodella subgen. known snake catcher businesses for some decades. nov. is named in honour of a deceased Great Dane A NEW SUBGENUS WITHIN CRINIA TSCHUDI, dog, named Oxyuranus or “Oxy” for short. This 1838 “Noble” “family member” loyally guarded the wildlife OXYODELLA SUBGEN. NOV. research and conservation facility here in Australia LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BD9E973A-9F29- from thieves, 24/7 for 8 years until his death from 4EFA-8745-A75248EB057B heart disease in 2012 and it is appropriate his Type species: Crinia (Oxyodella) oxeyi sp. nov.. services to science be recognized. The “della”, suffix Diagnosis: Frogs in the subgenus Oxyodella reflects the Latin word for noble or distinguished, as subgen. nov. a subgenus of Crinia are readily this dog was! separated from all other Crinia species (all other Oxyuranus Kinghorn, 1923 is also a well known subgenera, being Crinia Tschudi, 1839, type species: genus name for a group of highly venomous elapid Crinia georgiana Tschudi, 1838, Ranidella Girard, snakes in Australasia, after which the dog was 1853, type species: Crinia signifera Girard, 1853, originally named. Tylerdella Wells and Wellington, 1985, type species: Content: Crinia (Oxyodella) oxeyi sp. nov, (type Ranidella remota Tyler and Parker, 1974, species); C. (Oxyodella) crottyi sp. nov.; C. Bryobatrachus Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies, (Oxyodella) deserticola (Liem and Ingram, 1977); C. and Littlejohn, 1994, type species: Bryobatrachus (Oxyodella) sloppi sp. nov.. nimbus Rounsevell, Ziegeler, Brown, Davies, and CRINIA (OXYODELLA) OXEYI SP. NOV. Littlejohn,1994 and Lowingdella subgen. nov., type LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1F1C1FEE-83F5- species Crinia (Lowingdella) lowingae sp. nov.), by 41C1-BF3B-A5F63DC867D7 the following unique suite of characters: Holotype: A preserved specimen at the Queensland Belly is coarsely granular; adults have more-or-less Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, specimen distinct dermal fringes on the toes; hind side of thighs number J29359 collected from Annan River, 5.7 km is not bright red or pink; neither sex has a median south on the Cooktown-Lakeland Downs Road, far line on the throat; throat of breeding male is white or north Queensland, Australia, Latitude -15.6833 S., grey; chin only dark; white pectoral spots tiny, Longitude 145.1667 E. This government-owned inconspicuous or absent; belly of female is white and facility allows access to its holdings. speckled with grey; tympanum tiny but distinct; belly Paratype: A preserved specimen at the Queensland whitish, with at most a few scattered darker grey (not Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, specimen black) flecks; adults usually less than 18 mm (body number J29491 collected from Annan River, 5.7 km length) and lacking a broad well-defined dark brown south on Cooktown-Lakeland Downs Road, far north vertebral zone finely edged with white as the upper Queensland, Australia, Latitude -15.6833 S., edge of a wide creamish-beige band running along Longitude 145.1667 E. the upper flank. Diagnosis: The three species Crinia (Oxyodella) The genus Crinia Tschudi, 1838 is readily separated oxeyi sp. nov. from the wet tropics of north from all other Australasian Myobatrachidae by the Queensland and nearby parts of eastern Cape York following unique suite of characters: Small terrestrial Peninsula, C. crottyi sp. nov. from Townsville / frogs that are found in most parts of Australia and Charters Towers and nearby areas south along the southern New Guinea, except extremely arid areas. Queensland Coast and C. sloppi sp. nov. from the Maxillary teeth present. A large frontoparietal Gulf of Carpentaria region (all in Australia) have until foramen in adults. Vomerine teeth are usually absent, now been treated as northern populations of the but present as very small clusters or short rows in putative species C. (Oxyodella) deserticola (Liem and some species. The tongue is small, narrow, oval and Ingram, 1977), with a type locality of Charleville, free from behind (as in not adhering at the rear). South-west Queensland, Australia. Horizontal pupil. Tympanum is hidden, indistinct or The four species are readily separated from one tiny. Fingers without webbing, but may be fringed. another as follows: Parotoid and flank glands are either absent or not 1/ C. (Oxyodella) deserticola (Liem and Ingram, evident externally. Phlanges are simple, tips of digits 1977) is a frog with a generally mud brown to greyish Hoser 2020 - Australasian Journal of Herpetology 50-51:1-128. Available online at www.herp.net Copyright- Kotabi Publishing - All rights reserved 68 Australasian Journal of Herpetology brown dorsum with indistinct markings. Behind the Vanderduys (2012) on page 137 at bottom left. eyes is an indistinct dark brown triangle, the tip (at 4/ / C. (Oxyodella) sloppi sp. nov. is readily separated the posterior end) in turn meeting a broad dark patch from the other three species by the following which has flankward extensions giving an ill-defined characters: A dark reddish-brown frog with ill-defined lighter v-shaped patch in the neck region. Behind the markings on the dorsum. The anterior of the snout, second dark patch is a wide lighter, beige to grey from the top of the eyes foreward is light brown. zone followed by another indistinct broad darker band Behind that is a single large area of chocolate brown, across the lower back, with light colouration beyind the being equivalent to the two dark areas and that to the anal region. Mid to lower flanks are whitish intervening light v-shape seen in C. (Oxyodella) and without any obvious markings. There is no deserticola. Behind the large dark area is a broad obvious colour or flush of colour in the area of the band of medium brown followed by more chocolate upper arm pit. brown which occupies most of the rear of the upper There is no obvious dark patch or marking behind the body, save for a small ill-defined lighter triangle in the eye. Upper surface of the thigh is light grey with ill- centre of this zone, with the tip pointing posteriorly. defined dark grey bands. The entirety of the area from the side of the snout, The tadpole has two upper rows of teeth and three posterior to the eye and the flanks is a distinctive lower rows (depicted in Liem and Ingram, 1977) on lead grey colour. There is no obvious square or page 256, Fig 1 F. shape of any form behind the eye. C. (Oxyodella) deserticola (Liem and Ingram, 1977) Markings on the forelimbs are indistinct, but on the is depicted in life in Anstis (2013) on page 545 at top upper surfaces of the hindlimbs are a distinctive left and Cogger (2014) on page 76 at bottom right. combination of chocolate brown and charcoal black 2/ C. (Oxyodella) oxeyi sp. nov. is readily separated cross bands. The dorsum is smooth save for from the other three species by the following scattered blunt orange coloured tubercles of characters: There is an obvious and well defined and moderate to large size, being most prominent on the well bounded, dark marking or patch, more-or-less upper flanks and adjacent dorsum. rectangular in shape and deflecting downwards at the Upper surfaces of the upper arms are a light brown posterior end, situated behind the eye. Dark makings colour. on the dorsum are well defined. The skin on the A photo of C. (Oxyodella) sloppi sp. nov. in life, taken dorsum has a large number of blunt tubercles across by Matt Clancy of Victoria can be found online at: the surface. The upper surface of the upper arm has https://www.flickr.com/photos/88708273@N03/ a well defined and obvious orange patch. The upper 24330380469/ surface of the upper thigh is also orange in colour, Photos of all four preceding species can also be with thick dark brown cross-bands. Darker markings found online at: on the otherwise pale lower forelimbs are obvious. http://www.flickr.com Tadpoles have one row of upper teeth and three rows by typing in the search term “Crinia deserticola”. of lower teeth as shown in Anstis (2013) on page 547 The four preceding species constitute the entirety of at bottom.
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