Rhyaconastes
| Rhyaconastes | |
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| Female Rhyaconastes wilcoxii in the Stratford, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Rhyaconastes Mahony, Donnellan & Richards, 2025 |
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Rhyaconastes is a genus of frogs in the family Pelodryadidae[1]. These frogs are native to streams and rivers in eastern Australia. Species in the genus were previously included within the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were separated into a new genus in 2025.[2] They are medium to large frogs (females are often significantly larger than males) characterised by a dull brown colour, though breeding males of all species excluding the Booroolong frog are bright yellow during breeding season nights[3] .
The genus is named from the Greek rhyakos, meaning "stream or torrent", and nastes meaning "inhabitant"[2].
References
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Chlorohyla auae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-04.
- 1 2 Donnellan, Stephen C.; Mahony, Michael J.; Esquerré, Damien; Brennan, Ian G.; Price, Luke C.; Lemmon, Alan; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Günther, Rainer; Monis, Paul; Bertozzi, Terry; Keogh, J. Scott; Shea, Glenn M.; Richards, Stephen J. (2025-06-19). "Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Paupuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (2). Oxford Academic: 1–80. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ Anstis, Marion (2013). Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia. Sydney, NSW: Reed New Holland. ISBN 9781921517310.