Papurana

Papurana is a genus of frogs in the family Ranidae, "true frogs".^[1][2] They are known from Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.^[1][3] Papurana daemeli is the only ranid frog found in Australia.^[4]

Papurana
Papurana waliesa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Papurana Dubois [fr], 1992
Type species
Rana papua Lesson, 1830
Synonyms[1]
Tylerana Dubois, 1992

Taxonomy

Papurana was originally introduced as a subgenus of Rana. It was often included in the then-diverse genus Hylarana, until Oliver and colleagues revised the genus in 2015, delimiting Hylarana more narrowly and elevating Papurana to genus rank.^[1][3]

Description

The unique combination of characteristics that can distinguish Papurana are: presence of a postocular eye mask, robust body shape, posterior of thighs having strong vermiculations, and dorsolateral folds being either absent or thin, with asperities. The dorsum is evenly shagreened to warty and may carry spicules. The body size is from medium to very large with males having paired, external vocal sac.^[3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Papurana:^[1][2]

• Papurana arfaki (Meyer, 1875)
• Papurana attigua (Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999)
• Papurana aurata (Günther, 2003)
• Papurana celebensis (Peters, 1872)
• Papurana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868)
• Papurana elberti (Roux, 1911)
• Papurana florensis (Boulenger, 1897)
• Papurana garritor (Menzies, 1987)
• Papurana grisea (Van Kampen, 1913)
• Papurana jimiensis (Tyler, 1963)
• Papurana kreffti (Boulenger, 1882)
• Papurana milleti (Smith, 1921)
• Papurana milneana (Loveridge, 1948)
• Papurana moluccana (Boettger, 1895)
• Papurana novaeguineae (Van Kampen, 1909)
• Papurana papua (Lesson, 1829)
• Papurana supragrisea (Menzies, 1987)
• Papurana volkerjane (Günther, 2003)
• Papurana waliesa (Kraus and Allison, 2007)

Papurana florensis

References

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Papurana Dubois, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. "Ranidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
3. Oliver, Lauren A.; Prendini, Elizabeth; Kraus, Fred & Raxworthy, Christopher J. (2015). "Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 90: 176–192. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001. PMID 25987527.
4. Ingram, Glen J. (1993). "Family Ranidae" (PDF). In C. G. Glasby; G. J. B. Ross; P. L. Beesley (eds.). Fauna of Australia. Vol. 2A Amphibia and Reptilia. AGPS Canberra. Retrieved 21 January 2018.