Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Pelodryadinae
Genera: Litoria – Nyctimystes – Ranoidea
Name
Pelodryadinae Günther, 1858
Synonyms
Pelobii Fitzinger, 1843
Pelodryadidae Günther, 1858
Chiroleptina Mivart, 1869
Cycloraninae Parker, 1940
Cycloranini — Lynch, 1969
Pelodryadidae — Savage, 1973
Nyctimystinae Laurent, 1975
Pelodryadinae — Dowling and Duellman, 1978
References
Günther, 1858, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858: 346.
Dowling and Duellman, 1978, Syst. Herpetol.: 1 . 1.
Links
Amphibian species of the World [1]
Vernacular names
English: Australian Treefrogs
Pelodryadinae, also known as Australian treefrogs (although not all members are arboreal), is a subfamily of frogs found in the region of Australia and New Guinea, and have also been introduced to New Caledonia, Guam, New Zealand, and Vanuatu.[1]
The subfamily is thought to be the sister group to the leaf frogs (Phyllomedusinae), a subfamily of arboreal frogs known from the Neotropics. The common ancestor of both subfamilies is thought to have lived in early Cenozoic South America, with the two subfamilies diverging from one another during the Eocene. The ancestors of the subfamily Pelodryadinae likely invaded Australasia via Antarctica, which at the time was not yet frozen over, thus was hospitable for the dispersing frogs.[2] The clade comprising both subfamilies is sister to the Hylinae, from which they diverged in the early Paleogene.[3]
Classification
Litoria microbelos
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The subfamily contains 222 species in three genera:[1]
Litoria (102 species)
Nyctimystes (44 species)
Ranoidea (71 species)
Genus incertae sedis (5 species)
"Litoria" castanea (Steindachner, 1867)
"Litoria" jeudii (Werner, 1901)
"Litoria" louisiadensis (Tyler, 1968)
"Litoria" obtusirostris Meyer, 1875
"Litoria" vagabunda (Peters and Doria, 1878)
References
"Pelodryadinae Günther, 1858 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B.; Hedges, S. Blair (2016-04-19). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27394762.
Feng, Yan-Jie; Blackburn, David C.; Liang, Dan; Hillis, David M.; Wake, David B.; Cannatella, David C.; Zhang, Peng (2017-07-18). "Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (29): E5864 – E5870. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114E5864F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1704632114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5530686. PMID 28673970.
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