Ranoidea (genus)

Ranoidea is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. They are found in Australia, New Guinea, and two nearby groups of islands: Maluku Islands (=Moluccas) and Louisiade Archipelago.[1] The circumscription of this taxon is still controversial.

Ranoidea novaehollandiae is the type species of the genus Cyclorana which—pending further studies—may become recognized again.[2]
This article is about a genus of frogs. For the superfamily of frogs, see Ranoidea.

Ranoidea
Ranoidea aurea, the type species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Subfamily: Pelodryadinae
Genus: Ranoidea
Tschudi, 1838
Type species
Ranoidea jacksoniensis
Tschudi, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Dryopsophus Fitzinger, 1843
  • Euscelis Fitzinger, 1843
  • Pelodryas Günther, 1859 "1858"
  • Cyclorana Steindachner, 1867
  • Phractops Peters, 1867
  • Chirodryas Keferstein, 1867
  • Mitrolysis Cope, 1889
  • Fanchonia Werner, 1893
  • Brendanura Wells and Wellington, 1985
  • Neophractops Wells and Wellington, 1985
  • Mosleyia Wells and Wellington, 1985

Taxonomy

Species in this genus were until recently placed in the then-paraphyletic genus Litoria; many of them had been placed in even larger Hyla before. However, in 2016 Duellman and colleagues split Litoria into several genera.[1][2] The systematic and taxonomic conclusions based on Duellman et al.[2] should be treated with caution, because 78.9% of individuals (397/503) used in the concatenated analyses had less than half of the gene sequences available for the 19 genes used. Missing data can be problematic in phylogenetic analyses (e.g.[3][4][5][6]) and lead to erroneous conclusions about systematic relationships. Additionally, there is no mention of checking for base-composition bias amongst taxa (non-stationarity), which can also lead to incorrect tree phylogenies (e.g.[7][8]). The species now in Ranoidea were placed in the genus Dryopsophus. However, the oldest available name for these species is Ranoidea.[1] These changes are not yet widely recognized or accepted,[9] and the AmphibiaWeb continues to recognize Litoria in the older, broad sense[10] The AmphibiaWeb also recognizes Cyclorana,[10] a position that, without additional amendments, renders Ranoidea paraphyletic; it may be treated as a subgenus.[1]

Some controversy also surrounds whether the subfamily Pelodryadinae is part of the family Pelodryadidae, as suggested by Duellman and colleagues[2] and recognized in the Amphibian Species of the World,[1] or part of the family Hylidae, as recognized in the AmphibiaWeb.[10]

Description and ecology

The pupil is horizontally elliptical, and the palpebral membrane is unpigmented. Many species have tadpoles that develop in mountain streams and have enlarged ventral mouths.[2] However, "Cyclorana" are adapted to standing and often temporary bodies of water.[11]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ranoidea:[1]

  • Ranoidea alboguttata (Günther, 1867)
  • Ranoidea andiirrmalin (McDonald, 1997)
  • Ranoidea aruensis (Horst, 1883)
  • Ranoidea auae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)
  • Ranoidea aurea (Lesson, 1829)
  • Ranoidea australis (Gray, 1842)
  • Ranoidea barringtonensis (Copland, 1957)
  • Ranoidea becki (Loveridge, 1945)
  • Ranoidea bella (McDonald, Rowley, Richards, and Frankham, 2016)
  • Ranoidea booroolongensis (Moore, 1961)
  • Ranoidea brevipes (Peters, 1871)
  • Ranoidea brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945)
  • Ranoidea bulmeri (Tyler, 1968)
  • Ranoidea caerulea (White, 1790)
  • Ranoidea callista (Kraus, 2013)
  • Ranoidea cavernicola (Tyler and Davies, 1979)
  • Ranoidea chloris (Boulenger, 1892)
  • Ranoidea citropa (Péron, 1807)
  • Ranoidea cryptotis (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Ranoidea cultripes (Parker, 1940)
  • Ranoidea cyclorhynchus (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Ranoidea dahlii (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Ranoidea daviesae (Mahony, Knowles, Foster, and Donnellan, 2001)
  • Ranoidea dayi (Günther, 1897)
  • Ranoidea dorsivena (Tyler, 1968)
  • Ranoidea elkeae (Günther and Richards, 2000)
  • Ranoidea eschata (Kraus and Allison, 2009)
  • Ranoidea eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900)
  • Ranoidea exophthalmia (Tyler, Davies, and Aplin, 1986)
  • Ranoidea fuscula (Oliver and Richards, 2007)
  • Ranoidea genimaculata (Horst, 1883)
  • Ranoidea gilleni (Spencer, 1896)
  • Ranoidea gracilenta (Peters, 1869)
  • Ranoidea graminea (Boulenger, 1905)
  • Ranoidea impura (Peters and Doria, 1878)
  • Ranoidea jungguy (Donnellan and Mahony, 2004)
  • Ranoidea kroombitensis (Hoskin, Hines, Meyer, Clarke, and Cunningham, 2013)
  • Ranoidea kumae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)
  • Ranoidea lesueurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Ranoidea longipes (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Ranoidea lorica (Davies and McDonald, 1979)
  • Ranoidea macki (Richards, 2001)
  • Ranoidea maculosa (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Ranoidea maini (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Ranoidea manya (Van Beurden and McDonald, 1980)
  • Ranoidea moorei (Copland, 1957)
  • Ranoidea myola (Hoskin, 2007)
  • Ranoidea nannotis (Andersson, 1916)
  • Ranoidea napaea (Tyler, 1968)
  • Ranoidea novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Ranoidea nudidigita (Copland, 1963)
  • Ranoidea nyakalensis (Liem, 1974)
  • Ranoidea occidentalis (Anstis, Price, Roberts, Catalano, Hines, Doughty, and Donnellan, 2016)
  • Ranoidea pearsoniana (Copland, 1961)
  • Ranoidea phyllochroa (Günther, 1863)
  • Ranoidea piperata (Tyler and Davies, 1985)
  • Ranoidea platycephala (Günther, 1873)
  • Ranoidea pratti (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Ranoidea raniformis (Keferstein, 1867)
  • Ranoidea rara (Günther and Richards, 2005)
  • Ranoidea rheocola (Liem, 1974)
  • Ranoidea rivicola (Günther and Richards, 2005)
  • Ranoidea robinsonae (Oliver, Stuart-Fox, and Richards, 2008)
  • Ranoidea rueppelli (Boettger, 1895)
  • Ranoidea serrata (Andersson, 1916)
  • Ranoidea spenceri (Dubois, 1984)
  • Ranoidea spinifera (Tyler, 1968)
  • Ranoidea splendida (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1977)
  • Ranoidea subglandulosa (Tyler and Anstis, 1983)
  • Ranoidea vagitus (Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981)
  • Ranoidea verrucosa (Tyler and Martin, 1977)
  • Ranoidea wilcoxii (Günther, 1864)
  • Ranoidea xanthomera (Davies, McDonald, and Adams, 1986)

Although currently listed as incertae sedis, it is expected that "Ranoidea papua" (Van Kampen, 1909) will also be included in the genus once its range has been properly delimited.

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References
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