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TABLE 2 in Systematics of the Little Red Tree Frog, Litoria rubella (Anura: Pelodryadidae), with the description of two new species from eastern Australia and arid Western Australia
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- 1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia & Phoenix Environmental Sciences, 2 / 3 King Edward Road, Osborne Park, WA 6017, Australia
- 2. Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia
- 3. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia & Centre for Ecosystem Science; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- 4. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
- 5. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
- 6. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia & Sydney School of Veterinary Science B 01, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- 7. Biodiversity and Geosciences, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane BC, Queensland 4101, Australia
- 8. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia & Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia & Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Description
TABLE 2. Morphological traits measured on voucher specimens.
| Morphological trait | Abv. | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Snout–urostyle length | SUL | Distance from the tip of the rostrum to the most posterior point of the urostyle |
| Foot length | FOL | Distance from phalangeal apex to base of tarsals |
| Tibia length | TIB | Length of the tibia from outer margin to knee point |
| Femur length | FEL | Length of the femur |
| Lower arm length | LAL | Length of the radius |
| Upper arm length | UAL | Length of the humerus |
| Head width | HDW | Distance between the outer extremities of the head at the widest point |
| Distance between eyes | DFE | Distance between the front of the eyes |
| Inter-orbital distance | IOD | Distance between the occipital orbits |
| Inter-nares distance | IND | Distance between the interior edge of nares |
| Head length | HDL | Distance from the posterior tympanum region to the tip of the rostrum |
| Head depth | HD | Distance from the ventral and dorsal cranial surfaces measured - between the tympanum and eye |
| Snout length | SNT | Distance from the preocular region to the tip of the snout |
| Eye to nares distance | EN | Distance from the anterior edge of the eye and the posterior edge of the nostril |
| Nares to snout distance | NS | Distance from the nares to the tip of the snout |
| Eye width | EYE | The width of the eye at its widest point |
| Tympanum to eye | TEY | The distance from the rear of the eye and front of the tympanum |
| Tympanum width | TMP | The distance between the widest points of the tympanum |
| Third toe length | 3TL | The length of the third toe from the proximal surface of the foot-toe junction to tip of toe |
| Third finger disc width | 3FDW | The width of the third finger disc at its widest point |
| Third finger width | 3FW | The width of the penultimate phalanx |
| Plantar length | PL | Length of the fourth toe from the toe tip to the heel |
| Fourth toe disc width | 4TDW | Distance between the outer extremities of the fourth toe disc at the widest point |
| Fourth toe width | 4TW | The distance between the outer extremities of the fourth toe below the disc |
| Inner metatarsal tubercle | IMT | The diameter of the tubercle located between the metatarsals |
Notes
Published as part of Purser, William A., Doughty, Paul, Rowley, Jodi L., Böhme, Wolfgang, Donnellan, Stephen C., Mitchell, Marion Anstis Nicola, Shea, Glenn M., Amey, Andrew, Mitchell, Brittany A. & Catullo, Renee A., 2025, Systematics of the Little Red Tree Frog, Litoria rubella (Anura: Pelodryadidae), with the description of two new species from eastern Australia and arid Western Australia, pp. 283 in Zootaxa 5594 (2) on page 283, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/14954346
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