Assa (frog)
Genus of frog
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Assa is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to a few parts of eastern Australia.[1]
| Assa | |
|---|---|
| |
| A. darlingtoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Myobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Assa Tyler, 1972 |
| Species | |
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]
Species
| Common name | Binomial name |
|---|---|
| Pouched frog, hip-pocket frog, or Australian marsupial frog | Assa darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1933) |
| Wollumbin pouched frog or Mount Wollumbin hip-pocket frog | Assa wollumbin Mahony, Hines, Mahony, Moses, Catalano, Myers, and Donnellan, 2021 |
