Myobatrachidae (see family information on Tree of Life site)
This assemblage of frogs is made up of 20 genera, distributed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They range in size from 20 mm-110 mm SVL. Developmental life histories vary from having aquatic larvae to terrestrial direct developing to eggs/tadpoles which are brooded within 2 slit-like pouches at the hip region. Members of the now seemingly extinct genus Rheobatrachus were able to “swallow” their eggs and brood the developing larvae in their stomach while shutting off gastric production. Different morphotypes exist within this family; from squat, short-legged, thick-snouted forward burrowers to backward burrowers and unmodified terrestrial or semi-aquatic body forms. Morphological characters for this family are: 1) lack of fusion of the first two presacral vertebrae; 2) broad and wing-like shape of alary processes of the hyoid (except in Rheobatrachus); 3) small or absent finger/toe discs; 4) presence of the periaxial sheath enclosing the axial fiber of the sperm flagellum. Many species are endangered and several are listed as extinct.
Limnodynastes dumerilii
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Genus Adelotus (1 species)
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Genus Arenophryne (1 species)
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Genus Assa (1 species)
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Genus Crinia (15 species)
Crinia bilingua species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia deserticola species account photos range maps sounds Crinia georgiana species account photos range maps no sounds Crinia glauerti species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia insignifera species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia nimbus species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia parinsignifera species account photos range maps sounds Crinia pseudinsignifera species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia remota species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia riparia species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia signifera species account photos range maps sounds Crinia sloanei species account photos range maps no sounds Crinia subinsignifera species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia tasmaniensis species account no photos range maps no sounds Crinia tinnula species account no photos range maps no sounds
Genus Geocrinia (7 species)
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Genus Heleioporus (6 species)
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Genus Lechriodus (4 species)
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Genus Limnodynastes (13 species)
Limnodynastes convexiusculus species account no photos range maps sounds Limnodynastes depressus species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes dorsalis species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes dumerilii species account photos range maps sounds Limnodynastes fletcheri species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes interioris species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes lignarius species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes ornatus species account photos range maps sounds Limnodynastes peronii species account photos range maps sounds Limnodynastes salmini species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes spenceri species account no photos range maps no sounds Limnodynastes tasmaniensis species account photos range maps sounds Limnodynastes terraereginae species account photos range maps sounds
Genus Metacrinia (1 species)
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Genus Mixophyes (8 species)
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Genus Myobatrachus (1 species)
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Genus Neobatrachus (10 species)
Neobatrachus albipes species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus aquilonius species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus centralis species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus fulvus species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus kunapalari species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus pelobatoides species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus pictus species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus sudelli species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus sutor species account no photos range maps no sounds Neobatrachus wilsmorei species account no photos range maps no sounds
Genus Notaden (4 species)
Notaden bennettii species account photos range maps no sounds Notaden melanoscaphus species account photos range maps sounds Notaden nichollsi species account no photos range maps no sounds Notaden weigeli species account no photos range maps no sounds
Genus Paracrinia (1 species)
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Genus Philoria (6 species)
Philoria frosti species account no photos range maps no sounds Philoria kundagungan species account photos range maps no sounds Philoria loveridgei species account no photos range maps no sounds Philoria pughi species account photos no range maps no sounds Philoria richmondensis species account photos no range maps no sounds Philoria sphagnicolus species account no photos range maps no sounds
Genus Pseudophryne (13 species)
Pseudophryne australis species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne bibronii species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne coriacea species account photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne corroboree species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne covacevichae species account photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne dendyi species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne douglasi species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne guentheri species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne major species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne occidentalis species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne pengilleyi species account no photos range maps no sounds Pseudophryne raveni species account no photos no range maps no sounds Pseudophryne semimarmorata species account no photos range maps no sounds
Genus Rheobatrachus (2 species)
Rheobatrachus silus species account no photos range maps no sounds Rheobatrachus vitellinus species account no photos range maps no sounds
Genus Spicospina (1 species)
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Genus Taudactylus (6 species)
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Genus Uperoleia (25 species)
Citation: AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 2008).
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