Uperoleia Gray, 1841

Doughty, Paul & Roberts, Dale, 2008, A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from the northwest Kimberley, Western Australia, Zootaxa 1939, pp. 10-18 : 12

Uperoleia Gray, 1841

Type species: U. marmorata , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. A group of small-bodied (to 4 cm) terrestrial frogs with short limbs, no webbing on fingers, first finger shorter than second, inner metatarsal tubercle not compressed, lacking vomerine teeth, covered tympana, pupil rhomboidal, parotoid, dorsolateral and coccygeal glands usually present, aquatic reproduction with small pigmented eggs and free-swimming larvae.