Assa (frog)

{{Short description|Genus of frog}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Assa darlingtoni.jpg | image_caption = ''A. darlingtoni'' | taxon = Assa | authority = Tyler, 1972 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''A. darlingtoni'' * ''A. wollumbin'' }}

'''''Assa''''' is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to a few parts of eastern Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assa Tyler, 1972 {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Myobatrachidae/Assa |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mahony |first1=Michael J. |last2=Hines |first2=Harry B. |last3=Mahony |first3=Stephen V. |last4=Moses |first4=Bede |last5=Catalano |first5=Sarah R. |last6=Myers |first6=Steven |last7=Donnellan |first7=Stephen C. |date=2021-10-26 |title=A new hip-pocket frog from mid-eastern Australia (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Assa) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5057.4.1 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=5057 |issue=4 |pages=451–486 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5057.4.1 |pmid=34811197 |s2cid=239943400 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Cutajar |first1=Timothy P. |last2=Portway |first2=Christopher D. |last3=Gillard |first3=Grace L. |last4=Rowley |first4=Jodi J. L. |date=2022-06-29 |title=Australian Frog Atlas: species' distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset |url=https://journals.australian.museum/cutajar-2021-tech-rep-aust-mus-online-36-148/journals.australian.museum/cutajar-2021-tech-rep-aust-mus-online-36-148/ |journal=Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (Online) |language=en |volume=36 |pages=1–48 |doi=10.3853/j.1835-4211.36.2022.1789 |issn=1835-4211|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Species == {|style="text-align:left; border:1px solid #999999; " |-style="background:#CCCC99; text-align: center; " !Common name !Binomial name |- |-style="background:#FFFDFF;" |Pouched frog, hip-pocket frog, or Australian marsupial frog |''Assa darlingtoni'' {{small|(Loveridge, 1933)}} |-style="background:#EEEEEE;" |Wollumbin pouched frog or Mount Wollumbin hip-pocket frog |''Assa wollumbin'' {{small|Mahony, Hines, Mahony, Moses, Catalano, Myers, and Donnellan, 2021}} |}

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Category:Taxa named by Michael J. Tyler Category:Myobatrachidae Category:Amphibian genera Category:Amphibians of Australia Category:Endemic fauna of Australia