Colleeneremia Wells and Wellington 1985

Colleeneremia Wells and Wellington, 1985: 4 (Fig. 12) Type species: Hyla rubella Gray, 1842, by original designation. Content: 12 species— Colleeneremia balatus * (Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021) comb. nov., Colleeneremia capitula * (Tyler, 1968) comb. nov., Colleeneremia congenita * (Peters & Doria, 1878) comb. nov., Colleeneremia dentata * (Keferstein, 1868) comb. nov., Colleeneremia electrica * (Ingram & Corben, 1990) comb. nov., Colleeneremia pygmaea * (Meyer, 1874) comb. nov., Colleeneremia quadrilineata (Tyler & Parker, 1974) comb. nov., Colleeneremia quiritatus * (Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021) comb. nov., Colleeneremia rubella * (Gray, 1842), Colleeneremia rueppelli * (Boettger, 1895) comb. nov., Colleeneremia umbonata (Tyler & Davies, 1983) comb. nov., Colleeneremia wisselensis (Tyler, 1968a) comb. nov. Diagnosis: Colleeneremia can be diagnosed from the sister taxon Pengilleyia by small to medium vs. large size and calls with a densely pulsatile structure in which the notes are not fully amplitude modulated compared with note repetition in which the notes are fully amplitude modulated. Refer to Tables 1 and 2. Distribution and ecology: Arboreal frogs that breed in ephemeral ponds and are found in forests, woodlands, arid shrublands, and modified landscapes in the northern two-thirds of Australia, New Guinea and surrounding islands, and the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Etymology: According to Wells and Wellington (1985), named for Miss Colleen Montgomery of Sydney in appreciation for her interest in wildlife conservation. The gender is feminine. Remarks: Colleeneremia is the equivalent of the Litoria rubella and L. quadrilineata Groups ofTyler and Davies (1978). Three species lacking genetic data are included in Colleeneremia: C. quadrilineata, C. umbonata, and C. wisselensis. Tyler and Davies (1978) included L. wisselensis in the Litoria rubella Group (= Colleeneremia) and L. quadrilineata in a separate, monotypic group. Tyler and Davies (1983) subsequently placed L. umbonata and L. wisselensis in a separate group. However, based on their very short legs Menzies (2006) included all three species in the Litoria rubella ‘complex’ and we follow this arrangement pending availability of genetic data.