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Pouched Frogs
Assa
Assa is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to a few parts of eastern Australia.
Both species are found on a few mountains in Queensland and New South Wales. For a significant portion of time, the only species in this genus was the pouched frog (A. darlingtoni). However, a second species, A. wollumbin, was described in 2021 following a rangewide genetic survey of A. darlingtoni. Both species are notable in that the males have subcutaneous pouches on their hips in which they carry their tadpoles until they metamorphosize.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Medicinal History of the Things Brought from Our West Indies
Nicolás Monardes · 1574 · p.115
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.24
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705 · p.21
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.203
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.32
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.29
Theater of Earthly Creatures
Anonymous · 1672 · p.266
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.182
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.102
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.106
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.344
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.673
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25239.