Spicicalyx
| Spicicalyx | |
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| Male Spicicalyx myola | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Spicicalyx Donnellan, Mahony & Richards, 2025 |
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Spicicalyx is a genus of stream-dwelling frogs in the family Pelodryadidae.[1] These frogs are native to north-eastern Australia, New Guinea and its surrounding islands. Species in the genus were previously included within the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were separated into a new genus in 2025.[2] They are small-to-medium sized frogs, with mottled colours and highly textured and fringed skin that has evolved to camouflage into rainforest environments.
The genus name comes from the Latin spica meaning "point or spear" and calx meaning "heel", in reference to the pointed heel in many species.[2]
Species
Spicicalyx contains six species:
| Common name | Binomial name |
|---|---|
| Fringed tree frog | Spicicalyx eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900) |
| Big-eyed tree frog | Spicicalyx exophthalmia (Tyler, Davies, and Aplin, 1986) |
| Papuan green-eyed treefrog | Spicicalyx genimaculata (Horst, 1883) |
| Kuranda tree frog | Spicicalyx myola (Hoskin, 2007) |
| Spicicalyx papua (Van Kampen, 1909) | |
| Green-eyed treefrog | Spicicalyx serrata (Andersson, 1916) |
References
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Spicicalyx Donnellan, Mahony, and Richards, 2025". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-04.
- ^ a b Donnellan, Stephen C.; Mahony, Michael J.; Esquerré, Damien; Brennan, Ian G.; Price, Luke C.; Lemmon, Alan; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Günther, Rainer; Monis, Paul; Bertozzi, Terry; Keogh, J. Scott; Shea, Glenn M.; Richards, Stephen J. (2025-06-19). "Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Paupuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (2). Oxford Academic: 1–80. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015. Retrieved 2026-04-01.