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Species
Assa is a genus of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to a few parts of eastern Australia. 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.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Myobatrachidae
- Collections
- QM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Myobatrachidae
- Image
- Assa darlingtoni.jpg
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- taxon name
- Assa
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Pouched Frogs
- Commons category
- Assa
- taxon author citation
- Tyler, 1972
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