Colleeneremia Wells and Wellington, 1985: 4

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Colleeneremia Wells and Wellington, 1985: 4

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Type species: Hyla rubella Gray, 1842 , by original designation.

Content: 12 species— Colleeneremia balatus * (Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021) comb. nov., Colleeneremia capitula * (Tyler, 1968) comb. nov., Colleeneremia congenita * ( Peters & Doria, 1878) comb. nov., Colleeneremia dentata * ( Keferstein, 1868) comb. nov., Colleeneremia electrica * ( Ingram & Corben, 1990) comb. nov., Colleeneremia pygmaea * (Meyer, 1874) comb. nov., Colleeneremia quadrilineata ( Tyler & Parker, 1974) comb. nov., Colleeneremia quiritatus * (Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021) comb. nov., Colleeneremia rubella * (Gray, 1842) , Colleeneremia rueppelli * ( Boettger, 1895) comb. nov., Colleeneremia umbonata ( Tyler & Davies, 1983) comb. nov., Colleeneremia wisselensis ( Tyler, 1968a) comb. nov.

Diagnosis: Colleeneremia can be diagnosed from the sister taxon Pengilleyia by small to medium vs. large size and calls with a densely pulsatile structure in which the notes are not fully amplitude modulated compared with note repetition in which the notes are fully amplitude modulated. Refer to Tables 1 and 2.

Distribution and ecology: Arboreal frogs that breed in ephemeral ponds and are found in forests, woodlands, arid shrublands, and modified landscapes in the northern two-thirds of Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands, and the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Etymology: According to Wells and Wellington (1985), named for Miss Colleen Montgomery of Sydney in appreciation for her interest in wildlife conservation. The gender is feminine.

Remarks: Colleeneremia is the equivalent of the Litoria rubella and L. quadrilineata Groups ofTyler and Davies (1978). Three species lacking genetic data are included in Colleeneremia : C. quadrilineata , C. umbonata , and C. wisselensis . Tyler and Davies (1978) included L. wisselensis in the Litoria rubella Group (= Colleeneremia ) and L. quadrilineata in a separate, monotypic group. Tyler and Davies (1983) subsequently placed L. umbonata and L. wisselensis in a separate group. However, based on their very short legs Menzies (2006) included all three species in the Litoria rubella ‘complex’ and we follow this arrangement pending availability of genetic data.