Gurrumul's toadlet (''Uperoleia gurrumuli'') is a species of
frog in the family
Myobatrachidae
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than long, to the second-largest frog in ...
.
It is
endemic to the
Wessel Islands of the
Northern Territory,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It is only known from 3 specimens (one female and two juveniles) collected in 1993 and was found to be a distinct species via genetic analysis, and thus little is known about its diagnostic features from other ''Uperoleia'' species. It can be distinguished from the
stonemason's toadlet
The stonemason toadlet (''Uperoleia lithomoda'') is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae.
It is found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and possibly Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical ...
(''U. lithomoda'') by its rounded inguinal glands, but appears physically identical to the
flood plain toadlet (''U. inundata'').
It was named in honor of
Yolngu musician
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.
References
Uperoleia
Amphibians of the Northern Territory
Frogs of Australia
Amphibians described in 2021
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