Drymomantis Peters, 1882: 8

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Drymomantis Peters, 1882: 8

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Synonymy

Hylomantis Peters 1880: 224 , based on fallax , is preoccupied by Hylomantis Peters, 1873: 293 (type species, Hylomantis aspera Peters, 1873 from Bahia).

Drymomantis Peters 1882: 8 is a replacement name for Hylomantis Peters, 1880 .

Duellman et al. (2016) mis-spelt Drymomantis as Dryomiantis.

Type species: Hylomantis fallax Peters, 1880 .

Content: Three species— Drymomantis cooloolensis * (Liem, 1974) , Drymomantis fallax * (Peters, 1880) , Drymomantis olongburensis * ( Liem & Ingram, 1977) .

Diagnosis: Drymomantis can be diagnosed from the other members of the Drymomantis Sub-clade as follows: from Amnihyla except A. amnicola by pigmented vs. unpigmented eggs, by a Type 1 vs. Type 3 tadpole oral disc, and Type 1 vs. Type 6 or 7 overall tadpole morphology. It can be diagnosed from A. amnicola by the unornamented vs. prominent tubercles on the hindlimb. It can be diagnosed from Exedrobatrachus by small vs. medium body size, presence vs. absence of vomerine teeth, unornamented vs. tubercules on hindlimb, toe disc equal to finger discs vs. smaller, and unornamented vs. tubercules on the hindlimb; from Exochohyla by absent vs. present rostral spike, unornamented vs. tubercules or crenulations on hindlimb, small vs. large egg size, and a Type 1 vs. Type 1A tadpole oral disc, and Type 1 vs. Type 6 overall tadpole morphology; from Hyalotos by a pigmented vs. transparent tympanum, small vs. medium or large egg size, unornamented vs. tubercules and crenulations on the hindlimb, and fusiform-spike vs. teardrop call envelope shape, a note rate change across the call vs. none; from Ischnohyla by a Type 1 vs. Type 3 tadpole oral disc, Type 1 vs. Type 2A overall tadpole morphology, and fusiform-spike vs. left triangular, left teardrop, or oval call envelope shape, a note rate change across the call vs. none; from Kallistobatrachus by unornamented vs. tubercules or crenulations on the hindlimb, a Type 1 vs. Type 1B tadpole oral disc, and Type 1 vs. Type 7 overall tadpole morphology; from Lathrana by small vs. medium body size, unornamented vs. tubercules on hindlimb, toe disc equal to finger discs vs. smaller, small vs. medium eggs, and fusiform-spike vs. oval call envelope shape, a note rate change across the call vs. none; from Nasutibatrachus and Teretistes by the absence of a rostral spike; further from Teretistes by reduced vs. no finger webbing, full or reduced vs. minimal toe webbing, small vs. large eggs, by a Type 1 vs. Type 3 tadpole oral disc, and fusiform-spike vs. triangular call envelope shape; from Viridihyla by ossified vs. cartilaginous intercalary structures, small vs. large eggs. Drymomantis can be diagnosed from Carichyla by the absence vs. the presence of an unbroken lateral white stripe from the under the eye to the groin ( Figs 11, 15) by a fusiform-spike vs. spike-fusiform call envelope shape ( Table 2), and by 31 sites in the mitochondrial ND4 alignment ( Table 3). Drymomantis can be diagnosed from Papuahyla by a fusiform-spike vs. right triangular call envelope shape ( Table 2) and by 16 sites in the mitochondrial ND4 alignment ( Table 3). Refer to Tables 1, 2, and 3. Diagnosis of Drymomantis from all other genera in the Drymomantis Sub-clade is supported by 18 sites distributed across eight AHE loci (Supporting Information, AHE loci diagnostic sites).

Distribution and ecology: Eastern Australia. Arboreal frogs that are found in lowland open permanent or seasonal grassy or reedy swamps in natural or altered habitats, usually not in closed forests ( Menzies 2006, Anstis 2017).

Etymology: Not stated by Peters, but presumably from the combination of the Greek ΔΡυμός (drymos, forest) and μᾰ́ντῐς (mantis, the green tree frog, Hyla arborea , of Ancient Greece). Mantis is masculine.

Remarks: Drymomantis is the equivalent to part of the Litoria bicolor Group of Tyler and Davies (1978).