Rhyaconastes

Rhyaconastes
Female Rhyaconastes wilcoxii in the Stratford, New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Rhyaconastes
Mahony, Donnellan & Richards, 2025
Species

Rhyaconastes is a genus of frogs in the family Pelodryadidae. These frogs are native to streams and rivers in eastern Australia. Species in the genus were previously included within the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were separated into a new genus in 2025. They are medium to large frogs (females are often significantly larger than males) characterised by a dull brown colour, though breeding males of all species excluding the Booroolong frog are bright yellow during breeding season nights .

The genus is named from the Greek rhyakos, meaning "stream or torrent", and nastes meaning "inhabitant".


References

  1. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Chlorohyla auae (Menzies and Tyler, 2004)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-04.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Anstis, Marion (2013). Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia. Sydney, NSW: Reed New Holland. ISBN 9781921517310.